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===More Tools for the Critique of Culture: Marx, Gramsci, Symbolic Anthropology, and Ethnography===
 
===More Tools for the Critique of Culture: Marx, Gramsci, Symbolic Anthropology, and Ethnography===
  
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:*Quiz
 
:*Marx and Engels quotes In Storey, Reader, p. 58-60
 
:*Marx and Engels quotes In Storey, Reader, p. 58-60
 
:*Storey, Text, Chapter 4, p. 59-62 (Marx);
 
:*Storey, Text, Chapter 4, p. 59-62 (Marx);
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==FEB 5==
 
==FEB 5==
  
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:*Quiz
 
:*Crehan, "Gramsci's life and work"
 
:*Crehan, "Gramsci's life and work"
 
:* Storey, Chapter 4 82-4
 
:* Storey, Chapter 4 82-4
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==FEB 10==
 
==FEB 10==
  
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:*Movie Presentations
 
:*Watch ''The Working Class Goes to Heaven''
 
:*Watch ''The Working Class Goes to Heaven''
  
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==FEB 17==
 
==FEB 17==
  
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:*Short Answer in class, over Feb 12.
 
:*short video, "Puglia" 26 mins.
 
:*short video, "Puglia" 26 mins.
  
 
==FEB 19==
 
==FEB 19==
  
 
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:*Quiz
 
:*Pia di Bella, Maria, "Name, Blood and Miracles"
 
:*Pia di Bella, Maria, "Name, Blood and Miracles"
  
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===Anomalies of Italian Culture: Unification, Italian "Mentality", the Problem of the South===
 
===Anomalies of Italian Culture: Unification, Italian "Mentality", the Problem of the South===
  
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:*Quiz
 
:*D'Epirio, "Garibaldi"
 
:*D'Epirio, "Garibaldi"
 
:*Doyle, One Nation, Three Republics
 
:*Doyle, One Nation, Three Republics
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==FEB 26==
 
==FEB 26==
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:*Quiz
 
:*Ginsbourg, Ch. 4, "Civil Society and Mass Culture" 94-107
 
:*Ginsbourg, Ch. 4, "Civil Society and Mass Culture" 94-107
 
:*Putnam, historical chapter
 
:*Putnam, historical chapter
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==MAR 17==
 
==MAR 17==
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:*Movie Presentations
 
:*Watch ''Benvenuti al Sud''
 
:*Watch ''Benvenuti al Sud''
  
  
 
==MAR 19==
 
==MAR 19==
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:*Quiz
 
:*Gilmour, "Introduction"
 
:*Gilmour, "Introduction"
 
:*Parks, Chapter 5, 147-194
 
:*Parks, Chapter 5, 147-194
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===Shame and Honour===
 
===Shame and Honour===
  
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:*Movie Presentations
 
:*Gilmore, "Introduction: The Shame of Dishonor"
 
:*Gilmore, "Introduction: The Shame of Dishonor"
 
:*movie, Rocco and His Brothers
 
:*movie, Rocco and His Brothers
  
 
==MAR 26==
 
==MAR 26==
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:*Quiz
 
:*Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of 'Honour' in the Italian Penal Code"
 
:*Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of 'Honour' in the Italian Penal Code"
  
  
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==MAR 31==
  
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:*Movie Presentations
 
:*movie, Divorce Italian Style
 
:*movie, Divorce Italian Style
  
 
==APR 2 ==
 
==APR 2 ==
  
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:*Short Answer Question (outside of class on 3/26 and 3/31)
 
:*Feminicido Today -- links to current news
 
:*Feminicido Today -- links to current news
  
 
==APR 7 ==
 
==APR 7 ==
  
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:*no quiz
 
:*Zanardo, "Il Corpo delle Donne"  
 
:*Zanardo, "Il Corpo delle Donne"  
 
:*Muraro, Lisa, "Toward a Symbolic of Sexual Difference"  
 
:*Muraro, Lisa, "Toward a Symbolic of Sexual Difference"  
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===Popular Culture===
 
===Popular Culture===
  
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:*Quiz
 
:*Storey, Chapter 1, 5-13, Chapter 4 64-72
 
:*Storey, Chapter 1, 5-13, Chapter 4 64-72
 
:*Bennett, Gramsci and Popular Culture, 81-8
 
:*Bennett, Gramsci and Popular Culture, 81-8
  
 
==APR 14==
 
==APR 14==
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:no quiz
 
:*Gramsci, Popular Culture
 
:*Gramsci, Popular Culture
  
 
==APR 16==
 
==APR 16==
  
*Saviano, ''Gommorah'', excerpts
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:*Quiz
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:*Saviano, ''Gommorah'', excerpts
  
 
:*Preview of Gomorra in class
 
:*Preview of Gomorra in class
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==APR 21==
 
==APR 21==
  
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:*Movie Presentations
 
:*movie, Gommorah,
 
:*movie, Gommorah,
  
 
==APR 23==
 
==APR 23==
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:*Short Answer
 
:*Andrews, "Civic renaissance in Sicily," pp. 131-150.   
 
:*Andrews, "Civic renaissance in Sicily," pp. 131-150.   
  
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==APR 28==
 
==APR 28==
  
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:*Movie Presentations
 
:*movie, The Mafia Only Kills in Summer
 
:*movie, The Mafia Only Kills in Summer
  
 
==APR 30==
 
==APR 30==
  
 
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:*Quiz
 
:*Watch "Slow Food"and read selections from Andrews "The Slow Food story"
 
:*Watch "Slow Food"and read selections from Andrews "The Slow Food story"
  

Revision as of 23:17, 29 January 2015

Return to Philosophy of Italian Culture

JAN 13

Introductory Topics

  • Introduction to the Course

JAN 15

  • Gilmour, "Modern Italy"

JAN 20

  • Emmett and Piras, "Girlfriend in a Coma"

JAN 22

Anthropological and Cultural Theory

  • Storey, Chapter 1, p. 1-5
  • Nanda and Warms, Introduction to Anthropology, Ch 4, "Cultural Anthropology"

JAN 27

  • Richerson and Boyd, Not By Genes Alone, Chapters 1
  • Bowman, Honour, "Introduction"

JAN 29

  • Richerson and Boyd, Not By Genes Alone, Chapter 2, only up to page 40.
  • Diamond, Jared, "How Do Cultures Make Such Big Mistakes?"

FEB 3

More Tools for the Critique of Culture: Marx, Gramsci, Symbolic Anthropology, and Ethnography

  • Quiz
  • Marx and Engels quotes In Storey, Reader, p. 58-60
  • Storey, Text, Chapter 4, p. 59-62 (Marx);

FEB 5

  • Quiz
  • Crehan, "Gramsci's life and work"
  • Storey, Chapter 4 82-4
  • Gramsci, "Hegemony, Intellectuals, and the State," 75-80

FEB 10

  • Movie Presentations
  • Watch The Working Class Goes to Heaven

FEB 12

  • Rapport and Overling, "Thick Description," 349-352, Social and Cultural Anthropology
  • Geertz, "Thick Description"

FEB 17

  • Short Answer in class, over Feb 12.
  • short video, "Puglia" 26 mins.

FEB 19

  • Quiz
  • Pia di Bella, Maria, "Name, Blood and Miracles"

FEB 24

Anomalies of Italian Culture: Unification, Italian "Mentality", the Problem of the South

FEB 26

  • Quiz
  • Ginsbourg, Ch. 4, "Civil Society and Mass Culture" 94-107
  • Putnam, historical chapter
  • Putnam "Explaining institutional performance"

TBA contemporary articles

MAR 3

  • Viroli, Chapter 4, "The Pre-requisites of Servitude"

MAR 5

  • Midterm Exam

MAR 17

  • Movie Presentations
  • Watch Benvenuti al Sud


MAR 19

  • Quiz
  • Gilmour, "Introduction"
  • Parks, Chapter 5, 147-194

MAR 24

Shame and Honour

  • Movie Presentations
  • Gilmore, "Introduction: The Shame of Dishonor"
  • movie, Rocco and His Brothers

MAR 26

  • Quiz
  • Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of 'Honour' in the Italian Penal Code"


MAR 31

  • Movie Presentations
  • movie, Divorce Italian Style

APR 2

  • Short Answer Question (outside of class on 3/26 and 3/31)
  • Feminicido Today -- links to current news

APR 7

  • no quiz
  • Zanardo, "Il Corpo delle Donne"
  • Muraro, Lisa, "Toward a Symbolic of Sexual Difference"

APR 9

Popular Culture

  • Quiz
  • Storey, Chapter 1, 5-13, Chapter 4 64-72
  • Bennett, Gramsci and Popular Culture, 81-8

APR 14

no quiz
  • Gramsci, Popular Culture

APR 16

  • Quiz
  • Saviano, Gommorah, excerpts
  • Preview of Gomorra in class

APR 21

  • Movie Presentations
  • movie, Gommorah,

APR 23

  • Short Answer
  • Andrews, "Civic renaissance in Sicily," pp. 131-150.
  • Lecture on the State-mafia negotiations

APR 28

  • Movie Presentations
  • movie, The Mafia Only Kills in Summer

APR 30

  • Quiz
  • Watch "Slow Food"and read selections from Andrews "The Slow Food story"

MAY 5

  • Student Presentations / Review

MAY 7

  • Final Exam