"Brothers of Italy": The Gendered and Racial Making of the Italian Nation

This course introduces an interdisciplinary understanding of the concepts of gender and race and their intersectionality as a theoretical tool to trace a gendered and racial genealogy of the Italian nation. The course aims to work through a variety of disciplinary approaches from history, to sociology, to political philosophy. Through these approaches we will learn to critically employ the concepts of gender, race, and nation by understanding their relationality, reciprocity, and their specific application in the field of Italian contemporary history.