Prof. Anna Mari Almila

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Argomenti del programma: Early studies in fashion I: Class and stratification / Early studies in fashion II: Social evolutionism and psychoanalysis / Alternative histories of social thought and fashion scholarship / Semiotics, dress, and fashion / Phenomenology and the human body / Fields of fashion and cultural production / Fashion and everyday life – Symbolic Interactionism / Power, gaze and governmentality – Post-Structuralism / Fashion,…

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Argomenti del programma: What is ‘culture’? / Central gender theories – from ‘patriarchy’ to ‘intersectionality’ / Media and power / Visual communication / Gaze and power / Visibility, invisibility, and representation / Performativity: doing gender / Queerness / Masculinities / Non-binary genders / Gender and the body / Hair and skin / Body size / Age and gender / Cultural appropriation / Indigenous cultures and resistance / Culture and…

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Argomenti del programma: The Course Eating the World – Food, Drink, and Culture in Global World is aimed at: 1. making students aware of the cultural significance of food and beverages in historical and contemporary societies 2. making students aware of the influence of cultures in food and drinks preparation, consumption, and presentation 3.