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[Course Number] FLOR ANTH 3318 / IESO 3332 [Major(s)] Sociology, Anthropology [Course Name] 
Understanding Modern Italy: An Anthropology of Contemporary Italian Society This course presents a survey of contemporary Italy from an anthropological perspective, which is to say with a systematic and informed focus on the role of culture in contemporary Italian society. For anthropology, culture is the concept which describes the networks of shared meanings and values that underlie social practices and create distinct group identities. With this in mind, the course examines the operation of such universal cultural features as identity, social and political organization, gender, and religion in contemporary Italy, as well as considering local issues of healthcare, immigration and internal migration, and Italian and Florentine "cultural heritage." The course requires an ethnographic engagement with Florentine society, which provides an opportunity to recognize and apply anthropological concepts in a practical fashion outside of the classroom. Although this course will be conducted principally in English for reasons of comprehension, the instructor will incorporate Italian and Italian cultural resources as much as possible in order to give students maximum exposure to the Italian language. Download sample syllabus
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