What does it mean to be Italian in 2020? How do young adults, the aging, members of the LGBTQ community, second-generation Italians and immigrants negotiate and construct their identities in Italy today? More specifically, what are the personal histories of these individuals and groups in a nation where ideologies of an imagined homogeneity persist, yet day-to-day, lived experiences shore up visions of a “modern,” multifaceted Italy?
Building on these questions, this course will examine the increasing presence, participation, and visibility of traditionally marginalized persons in Italy. Following a historical introduction that gives context to the Unification and subsequent nation-building projects in Italy, the course draws on an archive of interdisciplinary texts of multiple mediums (visual, auditory, etc.) to illustrate conventions, trends, and exceptions of be(com)ing Italian in 2020.
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Una giornata particolare / A Special Day (Ettore Scola, 1977)
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1 February
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Il conformista / The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)
8 February
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Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
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15 February
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Ieri, oggi, domani / Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Vittorio De Sica, 1963)
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25 February
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I cento passi / One Hundred Steps (Marco Tullio Giordana, 2000)
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1 March
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Otto e mezzo / 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
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8 March
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Teorema / Theorem (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968)
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29 March
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Posti in piedi in paradiso / A Flat For Three (Carlo Verdone, 2012)
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8 April
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Alì ha gli occhi azzurri / Alì Blue Eyes (Claudio Giovannesi, 2012)
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15 April
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La grande bellezza / The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino, 2012)
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22 April
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Puoi baciare lo sposo / My Big Gay Italian Wedding (Alessandro Genovesi, 2018)
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29 April
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