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*'''Introductory Classes'''
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==JAN 13==
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===Introductory Topics===
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:*Introduction to the Course
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==JAN 15==
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:*Gilmour, "Modern Italy"
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==JAN 20==
 
==JAN 20==
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:*Emmett and Piras, "Girlfriend in a Coma"
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==JAN 22 ==
 
==JAN 22 ==
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===Anthropological and Cultural Theory===
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:*Nanda and Warms, Introduction to Anthropology, Ch 4, "Cultural Anthropology"
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==JAN 27==
 
==JAN 27==
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:*Richerson and Boyd,  Not By Genes Alone, Chapters 1+ 2 (culture, populations, ethnography cultural transmission)
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:*Bowman, Honour, Introduction
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==JAN 29==
 
==JAN 29==
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:*Storey, Chapter 1
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:*Diamond, Jared, "How Do Cultures Make Such Big Mistakes?"
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==FEB 3==
 
==FEB 3==
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===More Tools for the Critique of Culture: Marx, Gramsci, Symbolic Anthropology, and Ethnography
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:*Marx, in Storey, Reader, p. 58-60
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:*Storey, Text, Chapter 4, p. 59-62 (Marx); p. 82-84 (Hegemony)
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==FEB 5==
 
==FEB 5==
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:*continue discussion of Marx and in Italian context
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==FEB 10==
 
==FEB 10==
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:*poss. Creban
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:*Gramsci, "Common Sense, Language, and Folklore"
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==FEB 12==
 
==FEB 12==
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continued discussion of Gramsci.
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==FEB 17==
 
==FEB 17==
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:*Geertz, "Thick Description"
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:*Wood, Graeme, "Anthropology Inc"
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==FEB 19==
 
==FEB 19==
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:*Pia di Bella, Maria, "Name, Blood and Miracles"
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==FEB 24==
 
==FEB 24==
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:*TBD: critical ethnographic film
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==FEB 26==
 
==FEB 26==
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:*Midterm Exam
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==MAR 3 ==
 
==MAR 3 ==
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===Anomalies of Italian Culture: Unification, Italian "Mentality", the Problem of the South===
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:*Putnam, historical chapter
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:*D'Epirio, "Garibaldi"
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==MAR 5==
 
==MAR 5==
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:*Putnam "Explaining institutional performance"
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:*Viroli, Chapter 4, "The Pre-requisites of Servitude"
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==MAR 17==
 
==MAR 17==
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==MAR 19==
 
==MAR 19==
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:*News on electoral reforms today
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:*Ginsbourg, Ch. 4, "Civil Society and Mass Culture"
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==MAR 24==
 
==MAR 24==
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:*Parks, Chapter 5, 147-194
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==MAR 26==
 
==MAR 26==
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:*Benvenuti al Sud?
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==MAR 31==
 
==MAR 31==
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===Shame and Honour===
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:*Gilmore, "Introduction: The Shame of Dishonor"
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:*Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of 'Honour' in the Italian Penal Code"
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:*movie, Divorce Italian Style
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:*Feminicido Today --
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:*movie, Ricco and His Brothers
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:*Zanardo, "Il Corpo delle Donne"
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:*Muraro, Lisa, "Toward a Symbolic of Sexual Difference"
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==APR 2 ==
 
==APR 2 ==
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==APR 7 ==
 
==APR 7 ==
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===Popular Culture===
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:*Storey, Chapter 1, 5-12
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:*Gramsci, Popular Culture
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:*Bennett, Gramsci and Popular Culture
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==APR 9==
 
==APR 9==
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==APR 14==
 
==APR 14==
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:*movie, Reality
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:*Stille, Chapter 3
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==APR 16==
 
==APR 16==
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:*movie, Gommorah,
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:*Saviano, Gommorah, excerpts
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==APR 21==
 
==APR 21==
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:*movie, The Mafia Only Kills in Summer
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==APR 23==
 
==APR 23==
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:*Ginsburg, Italy and Discontents, Chapter Six, "Corruption and the Mafia," pp. 179-213
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==APR 28==
 
==APR 28==
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:*movie, Slow Food
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==APR 30==
 
==APR 30==
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:*Student Presentations
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==MAY 5 ==
 
==MAY 5 ==
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:*Student Presentations / Review
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==MAY 7==
 
==MAY 7==
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:*Final Exam

Revision as of 00:43, 17 November 2014

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

  • Nanda and Warms, Introduction to Anthropology, Ch 4, "Cultural Anthropology"

JAN 27

  • Richerson and Boyd, Not By Genes Alone, Chapters 1+ 2 (culture, populations, ethnography cultural transmission)
  • Bowman, Honour, Introduction

JAN 29

  • Storey, Chapter 1
  • Diamond, Jared, "How Do Cultures Make Such Big Mistakes?"

FEB 3

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

  • Marx, in Storey, Reader, p. 58-60
  • Storey, Text, Chapter 4, p. 59-62 (Marx); p. 82-84 (Hegemony)

FEB 5

  • continue discussion of Marx and in Italian context

FEB 10

  • poss. Creban
  • Gramsci, "Common Sense, Language, and Folklore"


FEB 12

continued discussion of Gramsci.


FEB 17

  • Geertz, "Thick Description"
  • Wood, Graeme, "Anthropology Inc"

FEB 19

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

FEB 24

  • TBD: critical ethnographic film

FEB 26

  • Midterm Exam

MAR 3

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

  • Putnam, historical chapter
  • D'Epirio, "Garibaldi"

MAR 5

  • Putnam "Explaining institutional performance"
  • Viroli, Chapter 4, "The Pre-requisites of Servitude"

MAR 17

MAR 19

  • News on electoral reforms today
  • Ginsbourg, Ch. 4, "Civil Society and Mass Culture"

MAR 24

  • Parks, Chapter 5, 147-194

MAR 26

  • Benvenuti al Sud?

MAR 31

Shame and Honour

  • Gilmore, "Introduction: The Shame of Dishonor"
  • Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of 'Honour' in the Italian Penal Code"
  • movie, Divorce Italian Style
  • Feminicido Today --
  • movie, Ricco and His Brothers
  • Zanardo, "Il Corpo delle Donne"
  • Muraro, Lisa, "Toward a Symbolic of Sexual Difference"

APR 2

APR 7

Popular Culture

  • Storey, Chapter 1, 5-12
  • Gramsci, Popular Culture
  • Bennett, Gramsci and Popular Culture

APR 9

APR 14

  • movie, Reality
  • Stille, Chapter 3

APR 16

  • movie, Gommorah,
  • Saviano, Gommorah, excerpts

APR 21

  • movie, The Mafia Only Kills in Summer

APR 23

  • Ginsburg, Italy and Discontents, Chapter Six, "Corruption and the Mafia," pp. 179-213

APR 28

  • movie, Slow Food

APR 30

  • Student Presentations

MAY 5

  • Student Presentations / Review

MAY 7

  • Final Exam