Module Descriptors
CONTEMPORARY ITALY: MAFIA, FOOTBALL AND BERLUSCONI C.1945 - PRESENT DAY
HIPO60262
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 6
15 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 70%
- ASSIGNMENT - SECOND ASSIGNMENT weighted at 30%
Module Details
Module Resources
Recommended library books, journals and videos, including the specialist journals Modern Italy and Journal of Modern Italian Studies.
University networked computers for internet research.
E-mail module discussion list and/or VLE component to facilitate discussion if set up by tutor.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
University networked computers for internet research.
E-mail module discussion list and/or VLE component to facilitate discussion if set up by tutor.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Module Indicative Content
The module analyses the relationship between politics, culture and society in aspects of contemporary Italy from c.1945 to the present day. The growth of the Mafia, student and worker revolts, the impact of consumer society and individualism on politics and the media, the rise to prominence of Berlusconi and his critics, and football and identities are among the themes considered. [Note: a prior knowledge of contemporary Italian history is not assumed and a detailed topic reading list is provided]
Module Learning Strategies
Weekly two-hour workshops introduce the main themes and arguments of the module content, including video extracts and images. They will also provide for follow-up discussion of the themes, and some analysis of primary source extracts and video extracts. Guidance is given on research techniques, including at Level 3 journal article and on-line resource usage. The independent study element should be used for background reading, reading for the seminars, and research and preparation of the written assignments with consistent, accurate and fully traceable referencing and bibliography.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Assignment (Topic Assignment) [Learning outcomes 1,2,3]
Second Assignment length (Topic Assignment) [Learning outcomes 1,2,4]
Second Assignment length (Topic Assignment) [Learning outcomes 1,2,4]
Module Texts
Dickie, John Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia, Hodder, London, 2nd edn. 2007
Foot, John Modern Italy, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2003
Foot, John Calcio: A History of Italian Football, Harper Perennial, 2nd edn.2007
Ginsborg, Paul A History of Contemporary Italy: Society and Politics 1943-1988, Penguin, London, 1990
Ginsborg, Paul Italy and its Discontents 1980-2001, Allen Lane, London, 2001
Ginsborg, Paul Silvio Berlusconi: Television, Power and Patrimony, Verso, London, 2nd edn. 2005
Jamieson, Allison The Antimafia: Italy's Fight Against Organised Crime (2000)
McCarthy, Patrick (ed.) Italy Since 1945, OUP, Oxford, 2000
Foot, John Modern Italy, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2003
Foot, John Calcio: A History of Italian Football, Harper Perennial, 2nd edn.2007
Ginsborg, Paul A History of Contemporary Italy: Society and Politics 1943-1988, Penguin, London, 1990
Ginsborg, Paul Italy and its Discontents 1980-2001, Allen Lane, London, 2001
Ginsborg, Paul Silvio Berlusconi: Television, Power and Patrimony, Verso, London, 2nd edn. 2005
Jamieson, Allison The Antimafia: Italy's Fight Against Organised Crime (2000)
McCarthy, Patrick (ed.) Italy Since 1945, OUP, Oxford, 2000