Social History of the Spectacle

The course consists of three modules of 20 hours each (A-B-C). The first and second are the latest developments in the phenomenon of consumption in relation to today's entertainment society (consumer history, cultural history of food, spectacularization of society, video games); In the third, we will address the growth of entertainment and the transformation of the mass media.
The aim is to provide students with the knowledge and methodologies that can help them understand central aspects of modern culture.

Knowledge: the course aims to provide students with skills concerning the social and cultural history of the contemporary age, with particular reference to the organisation of culture, the history of consumption, material culture and communication.
Skills: the ability to elaborate a cultural orientation map relating to the specific cultural and social forms of the contemporary age, useful for carrying out work in the field of communication and culture.