Academic Year 2020/2021
- Docente: Simona Maria Segre Reinach
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SPS/08
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Fashion Cultures and Practices (cod. 9064)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is expected to acquire the basic information on the evolution of fashion from the distinctive practice of the European bourgeois class to a medium of mass communication. The course explores the different social, cultural, economic and political meanings associated with fashion.
Course contents
Fashion in the social sciences; the difference between clothing as a material product and fashion as a cultural product.
Readings/Bibliography
Compulsory Readings
1. S. Segre Reinach, La moda. Un'introduzione, Laterza Roma Bari 2010.
2. P. Calefato, Fashion Theory, http://www.studiculturali.it/dizionario/pdf/fashion_theory.pdf
3. Luisa Ciuni and Marina Spadafora La rivoluzione inizia dal tuo armadio Solferino 2020
Suggested Reading
Y. Kawamura, La moda, Il Mulino Bologna 2006.
Teaching methods
Theoretical lessons by the teacher; individual and group presentations by students; targeted research on weekly current topics.
Assessment methods
Final written test; 31 questions in "multiple choice" mode; no penalty for mistaken answers.
Teaching tools
Videos, interviews, hyperlinks
Office hours
See the website of Simona Maria Segre Reinach
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.