Spring 2015 Philosophy of Italian Culture
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Contents
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
- 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);
FEB 5
- poss. Creban
- Gramsci, "Our Marx" 36-40
FEB 10
- Gramsci, "Intellectuals and Education" p. 300
- Gramsci, "Hegemony, Intellectuals, and the State," 75-80
FEB 12
- Rapport and Overling, "Thick Description," 349-352, Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Geertz, "Thick Description"
FEB 17
- Wood, Graeme, "Anthropology Inc"
- De Certeau, "Walking in the City"...http://faculty.georgetown.edu/irvinem/theory/DeCerteau-Practice-Excerpts.pdf
- De Certau, "The art of making do" http://vogmae.net.au/integratedmedia/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Chapter3deCerteau.pdf
- An Anthropological Introduction to You Tube" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU
FEB 19
- TBD: critical ethnographic film
- Pia di Bella, Maria, "Name, Blood and Miracles"
FEB 24
Anomalies of Italian Culture: Unification, Italian "Mentality", the Problem of the South
- Putnam, historical chapter
- D'Epirio, "Garibaldi"
- coming soon, One Nation, Three Republics
- The Economist, March 2011 Video-presentation on the Risorgimento: http://www.economist.com/blogs/multimedia/2011/03/italys_divisions
- The Economist, June 9th, 2011: "Oh for a new Risorgimento" http://www.economist.com/node/18780831
FEB 26
- Ginsbourg, Ch. 4, "Civil Society and Mass Culture"
- Putnam "Explaining institutional performance"
MAR 3
- Viroli, Chapter 4, "The Pre-requisites of Servitude"
MAR 5
- Midterm Exam
MAR 17
- News on electoral reforms today
MAR 19
- Parks, Chapter 5, 147-194
MAR 24
- Benvenuti al Sud?
MAR 26
Shame and Honour
- Gilmore, "Introduction: The Shame of Dishonor"
- movie, Rocco and His Brothers
MAR 31
- Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of 'Honour' in the Italian Penal Code"
APR 2
- movie, Divorce Italian Style
- Feminicido Today -- links to current news
APR 7
- Zanardo, "Il Corpo delle Donne"
- Muraro, Lisa, "Toward a Symbolic of Sexual Difference"
APR 9
Popular Culture
- Storey, Chapter 1, 5-12
- Gramsci, Popular Culture
- Bennett, Gramsci and Popular Culture
APR 14
- movie, Reality
- Stille, Chapter 3
APR 16
- movie, Gommorah,
- Saviano, Gommorah, excerpts
- The Art of Making do in Naples
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
- Watch "Slow Food"and read selections from Andrews "The Slow Food story"
APR 30
- Student Presentations
MAY 5
- Student Presentations / Review
MAY 7
- Final Exam