gender/sexuality/italy is an online annual, peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on gendered identities and the ways they intersect with and produce Italian politics, culture, and society.
Book Review: Annie Chartres Vivanti: Transnational Politics, Identity, and Culture by Sharon Wood and Erica Moretti (editors)
By Silvia Valisa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/cdad-wn81
Book Review: Goliarda Sapienza in Context: Intertextual Relationships with Italian and European Culture by Alberica Bazzoni, Emma Bond, and Katrin Wehling-Giorgi (editors)
By Tommasina Gabriele
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/fd5b-gz14
Book Review: Dacia Maraini’s Narratives of Survival: (Re)Constructed by Tommasina Gabriele
By Lisa Sarti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/v1fy-6d39
by Giovanna Cosenza, Jennifer Colombari, and Elisa Gasparri
The paper presents the first results of a systematic and in-depth survey on about 8000 advertisements appeared from February to December 2013, and attempts to identify and characterize the gender stereotypes which can be found in them. Having conducted one of the first semiotic investigations on such an extended corpus, the authors also draw some general conclusions on the possibility, for the contemporary semiotic discipline,
by Marilù Oliva and Nicoletta Mandolini
The term femicide—the physical or psychological annihilation of a woman because she is a woman—has become an extensively used term in the mass media since 2012, following awareness campaigns led by feminist activists in Italy who introduced international theories of lethal gender violence. Contributing to recent discussions on the topic, some forms of artistic narration (literary, theatrical, and cinematic) have attempted to re-dignify stories and victims of femicide that the media has in many cases dismissed.
by Marina Orio
This essay describes the ongoing struggle of the author to change the culture of “tolerance” of women scientists in the academy and the “acceptance of a few exceptional women” into a culture of inclusion and diversity at the National Institute of Astrophysics of Italy (INAF), an endeavor advanced through the adoption of gender-fair language. Language usage in the Italian scientific and academic environments offers a particularly interesting case, given its unusual and complex development.
Table of Contents – Gender/sexuality/Italy, 3 (2016)
Nicoletta Marini-Maio, Editor
Michela Baldo, Fabio Corbisiero, Pietro Maturi, Themed Section Guest Editors
Paola Bonifazio, Invited Perspectives Editor
Ellen Nerenberg, Open Contributions Editor
Clarissa Clò, Reviews Editor
Laura Di Bianco, Reviews Assistant Editor
Valeria G. Castelli, Chief Assistant Editor
Giuditta Bassano, Paola D’Amora, Taylor Stroili, Silvia Viti, Assistant Editors
Themed Section: Gender and Language
It’s not only a matter of pronouns.
by Nicoletta Marini-Maio
The editorial describes the genesis and structure of g/s/i 3, 2016. The author contextualizes the theme of gender and language making reference to the Anglophone world and the romance languages. She briefly discusses the contemporary debate on gender and language in Italy, drawing examples from gender markers in job titles in the Italian public discourse. She emphasizes how the current issue of g/s/i goes beyond the heteronormative framework.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/erjz-5167
by Michela Baldo, Fabio Corbisiero, and Pietro Maturi – Guest Editors
The guest editors’ introduction to the themed section focuses, on the one hand, on the resources that languages can draw on in order to adapt the use of grammatical gender to account for more equal relationships between men and women, and on the other hand on the fact that the use of the so-called “neuter masculine” in political and everyday discourses and in languages such as Italian,
by Chiara Nardone
La presente ricerca si propone di analizzare se e in quale misura alcuni dei sostantivi femminili designanti ruoli e professioni siano ancora caratterizzati da un’asimmetria semantica peggiorativa rispetto ai corrispettivi maschili. L’analisi è stata effettuata su itWaC, uno dei corpora più ampi disponibili per la lingua italiana e si è concentrata in primo luogo sul numero di frequenze e sui collocati dei sostantivi analizzati. I risultati dimostrano che effettivamente i sostantivi segretaria,
