The main objective of the course is to provide students with the critical tools for understanding the relationship developed in the second half of the twentieth century between mass culture and cultural consumption, especially as regards music production and consumption.

The course intends to offer a diachronic reading of the relationship between mass culture and cultural consumption during the twentieth century and in particular in the second half of the century. In the general part, the topic will be addressed at an international level. The monographic part will analyze the situation in Italy and in particular the role of the song as an element of mass production and consumption. On more than one occasion, the musical language becomes a terrain of encounter or clash between popular culture and high culture, interpreting and accompanying the main social and economic transformations of the nation and generating a debate in which intellectuals and artists participate. The evolution of the song thus becomes a key to interpreting the cultural processes of the twentieth century.

- Knowledge and understanding: the student acquires knowledge of the fundamental issues of the history of the 20th century and of the main historiographical interpretations

- Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student acquires the ability to interpret historical sources and apply them to a given historiographical framework

- Making judgments: The student acquires critical skills that enable them to understand and evaluate the historical issues and the texts that analyze them independently

- Communication skills: The student understands and knows how to use the specialized language of the discipline.

- Learning skills: The student acquires the methodological tools and bibliographic-critical skills necessary to achieve the necessary basic preparation and to further develop their area of knowledge

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Lectures

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Course books

One to choose from:

A.M. Banti, Wonderland. La cultura di massa da Walt Disney ai Pink Floyd, Laterza

U. Eco, Apocalittici e integrati. Comunicazioni di massa e teorie della cultura di massa, Bompiani

S. Pivato (con A. Martellini), Bellla ciao, Laterza

Also one to choose from:

A. Portelli, Bob Dylan. Pioggia e veleno, Donzelli

L. Campus, Non sono solo canzonette. L'Italia della ricostruzione e del miracolo attraverso il Festival di Sanremo, Le Monnier  

E. Berselli, Canzoni, il Mulino

M. Merolla, Rock'n'roll italian way. Propaganda americana e modernizzazione nell'Italia che cambia al ritmo del rock. 1954-1964, Coniglio Ed.

Other bibliographic indications will be provided to attending students during the lessons

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Course books

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