ENGLISH 2003
Italian American Culture, Film and Literature
SPRING 2021
Prof. Fabio Girelli-Carasi
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LECTURE March
19 ZOOM LOGIN INFO I
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The way they lived: clarify the expectations. REACTION - PICK A SCENE Mostly the comments were detached snapshot of what the photos represent. Not much pathos exhibited. ==================== L'emigrante the political message is the SUBTEXT of the film, an undertow that stays in the film but is not discussed openly per se. Did my comment add anything to your analysis and
understanding of the film? ======================== ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS ========================= THE "ITALIAN PROBLEM"
FOREIGN BORN POPULATION FROM 1851
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ANTI ITALIANISM
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ISSUE OF THE DAY: VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM Everybody, when asked where they stand about the use of violence as a tool of political change, say, OH, NO, NEVER. In reality we ALWAYS find justifications for violence. We approve of it in HISTORY (as long as it is OUR violence), we even approve HYPOTHETICAL violence (would you condemn now the people who tried to assassinate Hitler or Mussolini?)
WAR is political violence. REVOLUTION, REVOLTS by poor people (MEXICO,
for instance), CUBA ---AHHH, but they were communist!!! There are students right here in this class that come from regions that are at war, or in a state of constant emergency, or even marshal law - where communities sees the enemy both inside and outside. EVERYBODY accepts violence for self-defense. BUT often we approve violence to subvert the status quo, internationally or internally. Do we condemn INTERVENTION in the affairs of a foreign country? DO WE CONDEMN invading? |
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LABOR UNION MOVEMENT AND ACTIVISM IN THE 20'S
IS HE WORKING FOR AMAZON? https://youtu.be/giJ0YMaAc8s STOP AT 3.20
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