Anglo-American Cultural Studies

The main goal of this course is to provide some methodological tools of cultural studies and apply them to understand and analyse cultures connected to the Anglo-American linguistic contexts.  
To this end, the course aims to enable students to:
- understand a set of cultural practices and productions applied to the Anglo-American contexts; - understand and describe the key cultural concepts of the country or area studied, using the methodological tools acquired;
- read, analyse and interpret texts and cultural practices and productions related to the Anglo-American contexts;
- understand the historical, political, social and cultural background related to the cultural practices studied.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- use the specific language and skills of Anglo-American cultural studies, in line with the professional profile to be trained during the three-year programme;
- apply this subject-specific language to mediation practices, in line with the professional profile to be trained during the three-year programme;
- use cultural skills to develop an aptitude for inclusion practices;
- read, critically analyse, summarise and compare cultural practices and productions in the Anglo-American contexts studied;
- develop intercultural and interdisciplinary connections, in line with the professional profile to be trained during the three-year programme.