The objectives of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnography aim to provide theoretical and methodological tools for understanding the cultural diversity and social practices of human populations.
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This course aims to demonstrate how cinema can serve as a source of historical knowledge, a tool for recounting the past, and an agent of history.
It acts as a source of historical insight into the era in which the film was produced, offering information about the ideas and values of the society that created it.
Since its inception, cinema has drawn upon historical content and events for its productions. Audiences have consistently shown a keen interest in historical narratives portrayed on screen. This course aims to demonstrate how cinema can serve as a source of historical knowledge, a tool for recounting the past, and an agent of history. It acts as a source of historical insight into the era in which the film was produced, offering information about the ideas and values of the society that created it.
When cinema is viewed as a tool for recounting the past, it enters the realm of the "public use of history"—a field where historians often compete with other professionals.
Finally, cinema can be considered an agent of history when examining its capacity to influence and shape behaviors, practices, passions, and identities.
Understanding these diverse cinematic languages and representations is an essential tool for historians specializing in cultural and social history—particularly those interested in how values, ideas, and representations of the past are transmitted across different eras. The course focuses on the cinematic and television representation of "War, Violence, and Society," contextualizing it within the American Civil War (1861–1865). It examines the various narratives of identity associated with the warring sides and the process of moving beyond the war within a newly reunified national framework.
• Cortini L. (a cura di), Le fonti audiovisive per la storia e la didattica, Effigi, Arcidosso,
2014, pp. 39-60; 97-118.
• A. Scurati, Guerra. Narrazioni e culture nella tradizione occidentale, Donzelli, Roma
2003.
2. Read one of the following texts:
• Iaccio P., Cinema e storia. Percorsi, immagini, testimonianze, Liguori, Napoli 2000
• Miro Gori G. (a cura di), La storia al cinema. Ricostruzione del passato e
interpretazione del presente, Bulzoni, Roma, 1994
• Ortoleva P., Cinema e storia. Scene dal passato, Loescher, Torino, 1991
• Sorlin P., I figli di Nadar, Einaudi, Torino, 2000
• Munslow A., Narrative and History, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, 2007
For an historical contextualization could be read some of the following texts:
• Leander Stillwell, La Guerra Civile americana nelle memorie di un soldato comune,
Liberty Bell, 2017
• Luraghi R., La guerra civile americana. Le ragioni e i protagonisti del primo conflitto
industriale, Milano, BUR, 2013
• Levine B., La guerra civile americana. Una nuova storia, Torino, Einaudi, 2023
• Foner E., Storia degli Stati Uniti d'America. La «libertà americana» dalle origini a
oggi, Roma, Donzelli, 2017
• Hobsbawm E. J., Nazioni e nazionalismi. Programma, mito, realtà, Torino, Einaudi,
2002
• Bhabha H. K., (a cura di), Nazione e narrazione, Milano, Meltemi, 2020
• Renan E., Che cos'è una nazione?, Roma, Donzelli, 2004
• Balibar E., Wallerstein I., Razza, nazione, classe. Le identità ambigue, Trieste,
Asterios, 2020
• Anderson B., Comunità immaginate. Origini e diffusione dei nazionalismi, Roma-
Bari, Laterza 2018
• Chabod F., L’idea di nazione, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2021
• Rosso S. (a cura di), Le frontiere del far west. Forme di rappresentazione del grande
mito americano, Milano, Shake edizioni, 2008
• Cartosio B., Verso Ovest. Storia e mitologia del Far West, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2020
Mutuazione: 20703019 NARRAZIONE STORICA E NARRAZIONE CINEMATOGRAFICA - LM in Storia e società LM-84 R MERLUZZI MANFREDI
Programme
War, Violence, and Society: Narratives of the American Civil War and the Construction of National IdentityThis course aims to demonstrate how cinema can serve as a source of historical knowledge, a tool for recounting the past, and an agent of history.
It acts as a source of historical insight into the era in which the film was produced, offering information about the ideas and values of the society that created it.
Since its inception, cinema has drawn upon historical content and events for its productions. Audiences have consistently shown a keen interest in historical narratives portrayed on screen. This course aims to demonstrate how cinema can serve as a source of historical knowledge, a tool for recounting the past, and an agent of history. It acts as a source of historical insight into the era in which the film was produced, offering information about the ideas and values of the society that created it.
When cinema is viewed as a tool for recounting the past, it enters the realm of the "public use of history"—a field where historians often compete with other professionals.
Finally, cinema can be considered an agent of history when examining its capacity to influence and shape behaviors, practices, passions, and identities.
Understanding these diverse cinematic languages and representations is an essential tool for historians specializing in cultural and social history—particularly those interested in how values, ideas, and representations of the past are transmitted across different eras. The course focuses on the cinematic and television representation of "War, Violence, and Society," contextualizing it within the American Civil War (1861–1865). It examines the various narratives of identity associated with the warring sides and the process of moving beyond the war within a newly reunified national framework.
Prerequisiti
There are not required to have any prerequisitesCore Documentation
1. read both of the following texts:• Cortini L. (a cura di), Le fonti audiovisive per la storia e la didattica, Effigi, Arcidosso,
2014, pp. 39-60; 97-118.
• A. Scurati, Guerra. Narrazioni e culture nella tradizione occidentale, Donzelli, Roma
2003.
2. Read one of the following texts:
• Iaccio P., Cinema e storia. Percorsi, immagini, testimonianze, Liguori, Napoli 2000
• Miro Gori G. (a cura di), La storia al cinema. Ricostruzione del passato e
interpretazione del presente, Bulzoni, Roma, 1994
• Ortoleva P., Cinema e storia. Scene dal passato, Loescher, Torino, 1991
• Sorlin P., I figli di Nadar, Einaudi, Torino, 2000
• Munslow A., Narrative and History, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, 2007
For an historical contextualization could be read some of the following texts:
• Leander Stillwell, La Guerra Civile americana nelle memorie di un soldato comune,
Liberty Bell, 2017
• Luraghi R., La guerra civile americana. Le ragioni e i protagonisti del primo conflitto
industriale, Milano, BUR, 2013
• Levine B., La guerra civile americana. Una nuova storia, Torino, Einaudi, 2023
• Foner E., Storia degli Stati Uniti d'America. La «libertà americana» dalle origini a
oggi, Roma, Donzelli, 2017
• Hobsbawm E. J., Nazioni e nazionalismi. Programma, mito, realtà, Torino, Einaudi,
2002
• Bhabha H. K., (a cura di), Nazione e narrazione, Milano, Meltemi, 2020
• Renan E., Che cos'è una nazione?, Roma, Donzelli, 2004
• Balibar E., Wallerstein I., Razza, nazione, classe. Le identità ambigue, Trieste,
Asterios, 2020
• Anderson B., Comunità immaginate. Origini e diffusione dei nazionalismi, Roma-
Bari, Laterza 2018
• Chabod F., L’idea di nazione, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2021
• Rosso S. (a cura di), Le frontiere del far west. Forme di rappresentazione del grande
mito americano, Milano, Shake edizioni, 2008
• Cartosio B., Verso Ovest. Storia e mitologia del Far West, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2020
Attendance
Regular attendance is strongly recommended, as this is a seminar-style course. Students are required to give a presentation in class and take part in a working group. Students must attend at least 66 per cent of the classes.Type of evaluation
Evaluation will be done with the following criteria: active participation to the classes (0-5), active participation to class debate (0-5), take part of a working team (0-5); public presentation in classroom (0-5); oral examination(0-1 0) the total will be within the range: 0/30 a 30/30