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Social 历史 of the Italian Mafia
概述
CEA CAPA Partner 机构: CEA CAPA罗马中心
地点: 罗马,意大利
主要科目范围: 历史
其他学科领域: 文化研究
指令: 英语
课程代码: HIS341
记录来源: University of New Haven
课程详细信息: 300级
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
联系时间: 45
先决条件: A basic knowledge of general Italian history is recommended
描述
"'Mafia' is now one of a long list of words - like 'pizza', “意大利面条”, “歌剧”, and 'disaster' - that Italian has given to many other languages across the world. It is commonly applied to criminals far beyond Sicily and the United States, which are the places where the mafia is historically based. 'Mafia' has become an umbrella label for whole world panoply of gangs - Chinese, 日本, 俄罗斯, 车臣, 阿尔巴尼亚, 土耳其, and so on - that have little or nothing to do with the Sicilian original." - John Dickie, Cosa Nostra
This course will examine the history of the Sicilian mafia from the Unification of 意大利 in 1861 to the present day, considering how different cultural, 社会, 政治, and economic factors during this period influenced its development.
The history of the mafia is not just the chronicle of the criminal deeds of a select list of mobsters. It is at the same time a chronicle of 意大利's uneasy institutional configuration, the dangerous liaison between politics and crime in the stabilization of power, the hundreds of people who have fought the mafia since the late nineteenth-century (and in many cases lost their lives), and those numerous others who have favored the mafia's cause for reasons ranging from rational fear to downright complicity.
You will be encouraged and guided to critically analyze the material discussed in class and the assigned readings. Rather than remembering the names of bosses or dates of massacres, the emphasis is upon understanding the interrelated historical and cultural dynamics such as changes in national politics and legislation and the transformation of illicit activities. In this course, students will cultivate a more incisive knowledge of the mafia.
This course will examine the history of the Sicilian mafia from the Unification of 意大利 in 1861 to the present day, considering how different cultural, 社会, 政治, and economic factors during this period influenced its development.
The history of the mafia is not just the chronicle of the criminal deeds of a select list of mobsters. It is at the same time a chronicle of 意大利's uneasy institutional configuration, the dangerous liaison between politics and crime in the stabilization of power, the hundreds of people who have fought the mafia since the late nineteenth-century (and in many cases lost their lives), and those numerous others who have favored the mafia's cause for reasons ranging from rational fear to downright complicity.
You will be encouraged and guided to critically analyze the material discussed in class and the assigned readings. Rather than remembering the names of bosses or dates of massacres, the emphasis is upon understanding the interrelated historical and cultural dynamics such as changes in national politics and legislation and the transformation of illicit activities. In this course, students will cultivate a more incisive knowledge of the mafia.
