*ITALIAN 45/Reading Italy Through Fashion, Cinema and the Media (PLAS, Cultural Values (CV) and European Traditions (ET) Requirements* *NEW COURSE NEW COURSE NEW COURSE * *TTH: 10:45-12:00 Room : Rathaus 208* *Prof. Paulicelli* How do we define Italian culture, national identity and the process of nation building especially today in an increasingly globalized world and market? How can fashion both as an industry and as symbolic and immaterial meanings and values contribute to the creation of the Italian nation and identity? Investigating these and other questions through an analysis of fashion and the media that have shaped its power and diffusion, the course focusses on several periods crucial to Italian fashion: the beginning of the 20th century with futurism and fascism; the post-WWII years when Italian fashion was launched globally; the 1960s and the economic miracle; and the triumph of Milan and the pret-a-porter in the late 1970s and 1980s. The course will conclude with an analysis of the cultural, social and political landscape of today’s Italy, the challenges of immigration and how different ethnic groups (Chinese, Indian, Albanian, North African, etc.) are contributing to Italy’s creative industries and also reshaping and rethinking nation, identity and urban space. The students will read primary and secondary sources on the history of Italian fashion and design and theories of dress, gender and the body in order to critically understand the connections between the meanings of dress, behaviour, lifestyle, and technologies of body and mind. The material will be available as PDF files. Students will be required to do a final project (either a paper or a digital project) , a midterm exam and give oral presentations on topics covered in class. -- Eugenia Paulicelli Professor Department of European Languages and Literatures Queens College - City University of New York Telephone- 718-997-5659 PhD Program in Comparative Literature and Women's Studies Certificate Program Master of Arts in Liberal Studies The Graduate Center- City University of New York Co-Director of the Concentration in Fashion Studies at the Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, NYC Telephone- 212-817-8171 http://liberalstudies.gc.cuny.edu/faculty/faculty-page-eugenia-paulicelli http://liberalstudies.gc.cuny.edu/mals-track-description-fashion-studies