Sociologia | SOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY

cod. 0312300047

SOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY

	0312300047
	DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
	EQF6
	SOCIOLOGY
	2016/2017

CURRICULUM ECONOMICO

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SPS/07	6	40	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE ARE: 1.KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE BODY, OF HIS THEORIES AND METHODS OF ANALYSIS. 2.KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE BODY IN TERMS OF PROCESSES AND CONTENTS. 3.TO BE ABLE DISCOVER AND ANALYZE THE (INTER)DEPENDENCIES AND THAT THE BODY HAS WITH ALL THE SOCIAL DIMENSIONS. 4.TO BE ABLE APPLY CONCEPTS AND THEORIES IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF RESEARCH. 5.TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS ONE'S OWN OPINION WITH A PERTINENT SOCIOLOGICAL LEXICON, BY CHOICE ADEGUATE CRITERIA OF ORGANIZATION OF THE DISCOURSE AND USING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES.

THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE ARE:
1.KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE BODY, OF HIS THEORIES AND METHODS OF ANALYSIS.
2.KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE BODY IN TERMS OF PROCESSES AND CONTENTS.
3.TO BE ABLE DISCOVER AND ANALYZE THE (INTER)DEPENDENCIES AND THAT THE BODY HAS WITH ALL THE SOCIAL DIMENSIONS.
4.TO BE ABLE APPLY CONCEPTS AND THEORIES IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF RESEARCH.
5.TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS ONE'S OWN OPINION WITH A PERTINENT SOCIOLOGICAL LEXICON, BY CHOICE ADEGUATE CRITERIA OF ORGANIZATION OF THE DISCOURSE AND USING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES.

	Prerequisites
	ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN NOTIONS OF THE CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY THEORIES

	Contents
	THE COURSE AIMS TO SHOW THE SOCIAL RELATIONS THROUGH THE BODY AND ITS SYMBOLIC,COMMUNICATIVE, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS, DISCUSSED IN SOME TYPICAL ISSUES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERE: WELL-BEING, HEALTH / DISEASE, SEXUALITY, WORK, ART AND FASHION. WE WILL DISCUSS BODY AS A DUAL BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL NATURE, AS SENSE (SIGN AND SYMPTOM) AND MEANING, LIFE AND DEATH. WE WILL ANALYZE, THEN, THE CHANGE OF THE IMAGES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BODY, OF ITS MORPHOLOGY, AND PHYSIOLOGY WITH REFERENCE TO MAIN SYMBOLIC PHENOMENA OF OUR CONTEMPORARY, TO INNOVATIONS / TRANSFORMATIONS OF SCIENCETIFIC AND COMMON SENSE KWOWLEDGE,OF MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, OF TECHNIQUES OF BODY SCULPTURE AND BODY ART, AS TATTOO AND PIERCING. IN THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE, IN A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE, THE BODY WILL BE PRESENTED AS A POSSIBLE PLACE OF CONFLICT AND STRUGGLES FOR THE HEGEMONY AND THE CONTROL OF THE HUMANITY, FOR WHICH THE ANALYSIS IS EXTENDED SO STRICTER TO THE INCORPORATION PROCESS OF THE CULTURE AND TO PROBLEMATIC "NEXUS” THAT THE BODY AND ITS TRUTH HAVE WITH SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE VARIOUS DIMENSIONS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND LAW.

Contents

THE COURSE AIMS TO SHOW THE SOCIAL RELATIONS THROUGH THE BODY AND ITS SYMBOLIC,COMMUNICATIVE, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS, DISCUSSED IN SOME TYPICAL ISSUES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERE: WELL-BEING, HEALTH / DISEASE, SEXUALITY, WORK, ART AND FASHION. WE WILL DISCUSS BODY AS A DUAL BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL NATURE, AS SENSE (SIGN AND SYMPTOM) AND MEANING, LIFE AND DEATH.
WE WILL ANALYZE, THEN, THE CHANGE OF THE IMAGES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BODY, OF ITS MORPHOLOGY, AND PHYSIOLOGY WITH REFERENCE TO MAIN SYMBOLIC PHENOMENA OF OUR CONTEMPORARY, TO INNOVATIONS / TRANSFORMATIONS OF SCIENCETIFIC AND COMMON SENSE KWOWLEDGE,OF MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, OF TECHNIQUES OF BODY SCULPTURE AND BODY ART, AS TATTOO AND PIERCING.
IN THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE, IN A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE, THE BODY WILL BE PRESENTED AS A POSSIBLE PLACE OF CONFLICT AND STRUGGLES FOR THE HEGEMONY AND THE CONTROL OF THE HUMANITY, FOR WHICH THE ANALYSIS IS EXTENDED SO STRICTER TO THE INCORPORATION PROCESS OF THE CULTURE AND TO PROBLEMATIC "NEXUS” THAT THE BODY AND ITS TRUTH HAVE WITH SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE VARIOUS DIMENSIONS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND LAW.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES: THE TEACHER EXPLAINS IN THE CLASSROOM THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE PRACTICAL ACTIVITY: THE TEACHER AND STUDENTS APPLY STUDIED MODELS TO THE VARIOUS ISSUES OF THE BODY LESSON AS SEMINAR: THE STUDENT CAN DISCUSS IN THE CLASSROOM A SPECIFIC THEME TAKEN FROM THE SUGGESTED READINGS (ALONE OR IN A GROUP)

	Verification of learning
	STUDENTS WILL BE TESTED DURING THE SEMINAR LIKE MEETINGS LED BY STUDENTS THEMSELVES. THE RESULTS WILL BE TAKEN ACCOUNT DURING THE FINAL EXAM EVALUETION

	Texts
	NOTES AND SLIDES BORGNA P., SOCIOLOGIA DEL CORPO, LATERZA,BARI, 2005 FOUCAULT M., LA VOLONTÀ DI SAPERE (1976), FELTRINELLI, MILANO, 1984. LETTURE CONSIGLIATE GALIMBERTI U., IL CORPO (1983), FELTRINELLI, MILANO, 1987. FRANCO S; NORDERA M., INCORPORAZIONE,IN FRANCO S.; NORDERA M., RICORDANZE. MEMORIA IN MOVIMENTO E COREOGRAFIE DELLA STORIA UTET, TORINO,2010,P.67-74. FOUCAULT M.,L'USO DEI PIACEREI (1984),FELTRINELLI, FOUCAULT M., LA CURA DI SÉ (1984), FELTRINELLI, MILANO. D'ANDREA F., IL CORPO IN GIOCO, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO, 2008. CARABETTA C.,CORPO FORTE E PENSIERO DEBOLE, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO, 2007. SIMMEL G., 1996, SULL’INTIMITÀ, A CURA DI V. COTESTA, FELTRINELLI, MILANO. SIMMEL G., STUDI PSICOLOGICI ED ETNOLOGICI SULLA MUSICA (1882), A CURA DI DEL FORNO M., ARACNE, ROMA 2008. P. BOURDIEU, IL CORPO TRA NATURA E CULTURA, FRANCOANGELI, MILANO, 1988. M. MAUSS , 1965, TEORIA GENERALE DELLA MAGIA E ALTRI SAGGI (TRAD.IT), EINAUDI, TORINO. FREUD S., IL DISAGIO DELLA CIVILTÀ (1941), BOLLATI BORINGHIERI, TORINO 1971. CAPECCHI S., RUSPINU E., 2009, MEDIA, CORPI, SESSUALITÀ. DAI CORPI ESIBITI AL CYBERSEX, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO. OTHER ESSAYS (EVEN IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) BE AGREED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE

Texts

NOTES AND SLIDES

BORGNA P., SOCIOLOGIA DEL CORPO, LATERZA,BARI, 2005
FOUCAULT M., LA VOLONTÀ DI SAPERE (1976), FELTRINELLI, MILANO, 1984.

LETTURE CONSIGLIATE
GALIMBERTI U., IL CORPO (1983), FELTRINELLI, MILANO, 1987.
FRANCO S; NORDERA M., INCORPORAZIONE,IN FRANCO S.; NORDERA M., RICORDANZE. MEMORIA IN MOVIMENTO E COREOGRAFIE DELLA STORIA UTET, TORINO,2010,P.67-74.
FOUCAULT M.,L'USO DEI PIACEREI (1984),FELTRINELLI, FOUCAULT M., LA CURA DI SÉ (1984), FELTRINELLI, MILANO.
D'ANDREA F., IL CORPO IN GIOCO, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO, 2008.
CARABETTA C.,CORPO FORTE E PENSIERO DEBOLE, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO, 2007.
SIMMEL G., 1996, SULL’INTIMITÀ, A CURA DI V. COTESTA, FELTRINELLI, MILANO.
SIMMEL G., STUDI PSICOLOGICI ED ETNOLOGICI SULLA MUSICA (1882), A CURA DI DEL FORNO M., ARACNE, ROMA 2008.
P. BOURDIEU, IL CORPO TRA NATURA E CULTURA, FRANCOANGELI, MILANO, 1988.
M. MAUSS , 1965, TEORIA GENERALE DELLA MAGIA E ALTRI SAGGI (TRAD.IT), EINAUDI, TORINO.
FREUD S., IL DISAGIO DELLA CIVILTÀ (1941), BOLLATI BORINGHIERI, TORINO 1971.
CAPECCHI S., RUSPINU E., 2009, MEDIA, CORPI, SESSUALITÀ. DAI CORPI ESIBITI AL CYBERSEX, FRANCO ANGELI, MILANO.

OTHER ESSAYS (EVEN IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) BE AGREED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE

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