In this course we will study some of the Italian interviews that are part of the Global Feminisms Project at U of M (Global Feminisms Project). This project includes a collection of interviews with women's studies activists and scholars from around the world and seeks to give a broader panorama of women's studies. Instead of using the cultural content from the textbook Immagina, we will be studying interviews with Italian feminists and activists such as Michela Murgia, and a trans activist, Valentina Coletta. By studying these interviews, we will get a glimpse into Italian feminism and LGBQT rights in Italy. At the same time, we will continue to deepen and broaden our language skills by speaking, reading, listening, and writing about what we learn from the interviews in Italian. Additionally, we will finish chapters 6-10 in the textbook Immagina (as all 232 sections do), and practice new grammar structures while discussing the interviews.
For information about the sequence of Italian language courses, please see the RLL Course Progress Chart.