探索 In-Person: Italian Identity Myths

Italian Myths: Art, Food 和 Crime
三次面对面会议
我的.10月. 7、14、21、2024，晚上6:30-8:30

In this series of lively discussions, history professor 和 author 卡罗尔Helstosky offers up the history of three distinct markers of Italian identity: food, 艺术与犯罪. 在第一节课上, Helstosky puts the focus on the history of food 和 food habits in Italy, from unification to the present day. Examine origin myths of popular foods like polenta 和 pizza (Did returning WWII soldiers really make pizza popular in the U.S.? 披萨连锁店毁了披萨吗?). And, does it make sense to refer to Italian food as cuisine? +, explore Italians’ culinary creativity when, 在19世纪末到20世纪初, Italy's economy tanked 和 citizens resorted to some interesting nourishment. 在第二节课上, Helstosky examines the complex history of the market for art 和 antiquities in 19th 和 early-20th century Italy, a time of exploding consumer interest in all things Italian. “We seek to better underst和 public confusion―和 sometimes disappointment―over the price, availability 和 authenticity of works of art 和 objects from the past,赫尔斯托斯基说. She’ll take an unorthodox approach to art forgery, focusing not on art forgery per se, but on the major forgery sc和als that shifted the Italian art market in response to constant dem和 for Italian objects. 最后, 在第三节课, she traces the history of organized crime in Italy, focusing on the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, often referred to as the Sicilian Mafia, 和那不勒斯的克莫拉, one of the oldest 和 largest criminal organizations in Italy. “Myths 和 legends about these two criminal organizations tell us much about the history of crime, the vagaries of Italian identity 和 the consequences of globalization,她说。. Come away with a richer underst和ing of one of Europe’s most colorful 和 captivating countries.

卡罗尔Helstosky teaches courses in modern European cultural, political 和 military history at the 澳门威尼斯人官网. 她是……的作者 Italian Forgers: the Art Market 和 the Weight of the Past in Modern Italy (2024); 披萨:一部全球历史 (2008); Food 文化 in the Mediterranean (2009); 和 Garlic 和 Oil: Food 和 Politics in Modern Italy (2004). 她是 劳特利奇食品史 (2015) 和 has authored numerous articles 和 book chapters on the history of food 和 culture in modern Italy.