STORIA DEL COSTUME
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The final examination will be a two-hour written examination (to be taken without the help of readings or notes), aimed at assessing the knowledge of the readings suggested for the “General part” and the "Monographic part". The test is structured as follows:
• 10 multiple-choice questions, worth 2 point each about the readings suggested for the “General part”;
• Two open questions, worth maximum 5 points each about the readings suggested for the “Monographic part” .
The pass mark is 18/30.
It’s a shared opinion that fashion and, in general, customs are instruments of representation of social mobility, as well as instruments of differentiation, and not only of gender and age.
Studying fashion and costume therefore means studying one of the many phenomena that, over the centuries, have become protagonists of processes of socialization, integration but also of their opposites.
The course aims to provide the tools for a knowledge of the history of costume, and therefore of fashion, from the modern age to today, focusing, in particular, on the moments in which the most important changes have occurred.
Among the learning objectives we find:
• the knowledge of the main historical issues that characterized and influenced the evolution of customs over the centuries (from the modern age to the present day)
• the ability to identify the tools needed to understand the evolutionary dynamics in continuity, discontinuity and variability
• the ability to analyse and use general knowledge to interpret current reality in a comparative way.
The course is structured in two related parts.
The "general part" (approximately 15 hours) will highlight the main historical issues that have occurred over the centuries (from the modern age to the present day) and that have influenced the evolution of costume in the West.
The "monographic part" (approximately 20 hours) - will focus on the phenomenon of Modest Fashion/Islamic Chic/Moda Islamica which, for about a decade, has established itself above all in the cosmopolitan cities of Europe, in the United States and in some Islamic countries, the one more oriented towards “democracy”, in order to identify the processes which have contributed putting into crisis or exalting some stereotypes which are still prevalent in a large part of the Western World.
GENERAL PART
1) G. RIELLO, La moda una storia dal Medioevo a oggi, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2012
2) S. SEGRE REINACH, Un modo di mode. Il vestire globalizzato, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2011
MONOGRAPHIC PART
1) S. ALLIEVI, Il burkini come metafora. Conflitti simbolici sull’Islam in Europa, Lit edizioni, Roma, 2017
2) R. PEPICELLI, Il velo nell'Islam. Storia, politica, estetica, Carocci, Roma 2008
The learning objectives will be achieved through 35 lecture hours.
Students are expected to participate
in the discussions and analysis of additional materials (documents and texts) provided by the lecturer,
which will allow them to familiarize with the aims and methods of the historical research
Students are required to previously schedule a meeting by sending an e-mail to the lecturer (katia.visconti@uninsubria.it).
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Degree course in: Law - Como