Cinema and Cultural Studies
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The course aims at introducing the elements of cultural studies to show their crucial role in the development of film studies since the 1970s. Focusing on the English-speaking, French and Italian literature (also with relation to other schools and theories), in the first part the main theoretical, methodological and ideological aspects of cultural studies will be addressed from a historical perspective, as well as their main topics, such as the revaluation of popular cinema, the issues of film reception and the relationship between cinema and identities (of gender, sex and post colonial ethnicity).
The second and third parts will focus on a particular subject chosen as a case study.
The second and third parts will focus on a particular subject chosen as a case study.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of the course, students will have acquired a up-to-date awareness of cultural studies development and main issues involving cinema, and would be able to apply the cultural studies methodology to film history reckoning with the cultural contexts.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
More specific information on the delivery modes of training activities for academic year 2022/23 will be provided over the coming months, based on the evolution of the public health situation.
Course syllabus
The course aims at introducing the elements of the Cultural studies to show their crucial role in the development of film studies since the 1970s. Focusing on the English-speaking, French and Italian literature (also with relation to other schools and theories), in the first part (A) the main theoretical, methodological and ideological aspects of Cultural studies will be addressed from a historical perspective, as well as their main topics and issues, such as the revaluation of popular cinema or the relationship between cinema and identities (of gender, sex and post colonial ethnicity).
The second and third parts (B and C) will focus on a topic still to be chosen.
The second and third parts (B and C) will focus on a topic still to be chosen.
Prerequisites for admission
Knowledge of contemporary history and of film history and language.
Teaching methods
The topics of the course will be addressed making the use of slides and audio-video materials analyzed during the lessons.
Teaching Resources
I. ATTENDING STUDENTS
Part A
Cristina Demaria, Siri Neergard, Studi culturali. Temi e prospettive a confronto, McGraw-Hill, Milano 2007, or Chris Barker, Emma A. Jane (eds), Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice, SAGE, London 2016.
Stuart Hall, Encoding and decoding in the television discourse, 1973 version (available on the course page on the website Ariel).
Stuart Hall, Cultural Identity and Cinematic Representation, «Framework», n. 36, 1989 (available online through the university library)
A book to be chosen from:
Richard Dyer, Star, Kaplan, Torino 2009 (ed. or., Stars, BFI, London 1977).
Richard Dyer, White, Routledge, London 2016.
Mauro Giori, Omosessualità e cinema italiano. Dalla caduta del fascismo agli anni di piombo, UTET, Torino 2019 (ed. or., Homosexuality and Italian Cinema, Palgrave, London 2017).
A.B. Saponari, F. Zecca (a cura di), Oltre l'inetto? Rappresentazioni plurali della mascolinità nel cinema italiano, Meltemi, Milano 2021.
Giacomo Manzoli, Da Ercole a Fantozzi. Cinema popolare e società italiana dal boom economico alla neotelevisione (1958-1976), Carocci, Roma 2013.
Janet Staiger, Media Reception Studies, New York University Press, New York 2005.
Shohini Chaudhuri, Feminist Film Theorists: Laura Mulvey, Kaja Silverman, Teresa de Lauretis, Barbara Creed, Routledge, London 2006.
Gerald Sim, The Subject of Film and Race: Retheorizing Politics, Ideology and Cinema, Bloomsbury, London 2014.
Part B:
Mauro Giori, Omosessualità e cinema italiano. Dalla caduta del fascismo agli anni di piombo, UTET, Torino 2019 (ed. or., Homosexuality and Italian Cinema: From the Fall of Fascism to the Years of Lead, Palgrave, London 2017).
PART C:
- Carol C. Clover, Men Women and Chain Saws. Gender in the Modern Horror Film, BFI, London 1992 (o nuova ed., Princeton UP, 2015), Introduzione e cap. I.
- Mauro Giori, Nell'ombra di Hitchcock. Amore, morte e malattia nell'eredità di «Psycho», Pisa, ETS, 2015, cap. 5.
The final list of film to be watched will be defined before the beginning of the course.
II. NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
In addition to the program for attending students:
- Mauro Giori, Gay and lesbian e queer studies, in F. Andreazza (a cura di), Fare storia del cinema. Metodi, oggetti, temi, Carocci, Roma 2022, cap. 4 (pp. 61-71).
- Vera Dika, Games Games of Terror. «Halloween», «Friday the 13th» and the Films of the Stalker Cycle, Associated university Press, London, 1990.
- Mauro Giori, Nell'ombra di Hitchcock. Amore, morte e malattia nell'eredità di «Psycho», Pisa, ETS, 2015, capp. 1, 4, 6, 7.
A book to be chosen from:
- Michele Cometa, Studi culturali, Guida, 2010.
- James Procter, Stuart Hall e gli studi culturali, Cortina, Milano 2007 (ed. or., Stuart Hall, Routledge, London 2004).
- Carlotta Sorba, Federico Mazzini, La svolta culturale. Come è cambiata la pratica storiografica, Laterza, Roma/Bari 2021.
- Peter Burke, La storia culturale, Il Mulino, Bologna 2009.
Part A
Cristina Demaria, Siri Neergard, Studi culturali. Temi e prospettive a confronto, McGraw-Hill, Milano 2007, or Chris Barker, Emma A. Jane (eds), Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice, SAGE, London 2016.
Stuart Hall, Encoding and decoding in the television discourse, 1973 version (available on the course page on the website Ariel).
Stuart Hall, Cultural Identity and Cinematic Representation, «Framework», n. 36, 1989 (available online through the university library)
A book to be chosen from:
Richard Dyer, Star, Kaplan, Torino 2009 (ed. or., Stars, BFI, London 1977).
Richard Dyer, White, Routledge, London 2016.
Mauro Giori, Omosessualità e cinema italiano. Dalla caduta del fascismo agli anni di piombo, UTET, Torino 2019 (ed. or., Homosexuality and Italian Cinema, Palgrave, London 2017).
A.B. Saponari, F. Zecca (a cura di), Oltre l'inetto? Rappresentazioni plurali della mascolinità nel cinema italiano, Meltemi, Milano 2021.
Giacomo Manzoli, Da Ercole a Fantozzi. Cinema popolare e società italiana dal boom economico alla neotelevisione (1958-1976), Carocci, Roma 2013.
Janet Staiger, Media Reception Studies, New York University Press, New York 2005.
Shohini Chaudhuri, Feminist Film Theorists: Laura Mulvey, Kaja Silverman, Teresa de Lauretis, Barbara Creed, Routledge, London 2006.
Gerald Sim, The Subject of Film and Race: Retheorizing Politics, Ideology and Cinema, Bloomsbury, London 2014.
Part B:
Mauro Giori, Omosessualità e cinema italiano. Dalla caduta del fascismo agli anni di piombo, UTET, Torino 2019 (ed. or., Homosexuality and Italian Cinema: From the Fall of Fascism to the Years of Lead, Palgrave, London 2017).
PART C:
- Carol C. Clover, Men Women and Chain Saws. Gender in the Modern Horror Film, BFI, London 1992 (o nuova ed., Princeton UP, 2015), Introduzione e cap. I.
- Mauro Giori, Nell'ombra di Hitchcock. Amore, morte e malattia nell'eredità di «Psycho», Pisa, ETS, 2015, cap. 5.
The final list of film to be watched will be defined before the beginning of the course.
II. NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
In addition to the program for attending students:
- Mauro Giori, Gay and lesbian e queer studies, in F. Andreazza (a cura di), Fare storia del cinema. Metodi, oggetti, temi, Carocci, Roma 2022, cap. 4 (pp. 61-71).
- Vera Dika, Games Games of Terror. «Halloween», «Friday the 13th» and the Films of the Stalker Cycle, Associated university Press, London, 1990.
- Mauro Giori, Nell'ombra di Hitchcock. Amore, morte e malattia nell'eredità di «Psycho», Pisa, ETS, 2015, capp. 1, 4, 6, 7.
A book to be chosen from:
- Michele Cometa, Studi culturali, Guida, 2010.
- James Procter, Stuart Hall e gli studi culturali, Cortina, Milano 2007 (ed. or., Stuart Hall, Routledge, London 2004).
- Carlotta Sorba, Federico Mazzini, La svolta culturale. Come è cambiata la pratica storiografica, Laterza, Roma/Bari 2021.
- Peter Burke, La storia culturale, Il Mulino, Bologna 2009.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of an oral interview on the topics of the program and also on those addressed during the lessons. The exam intends to verify in particular the critical and logical-argumentative abilities of the student.
The examination procedures for students with disabilities and / or with DSA must be agreed with the teacher. International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher in a timely manner.
The examination procedures for students with disabilities and / or with DSA must be agreed with the teacher. International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher in a timely manner.
L-ART/06 - CINEMA, PHOTOGRAPHY AND TELEVISION - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Giori Mauro
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