Open Contributions Editorial
by Ellen Nerenberg
A brief summary of essays included in g/s/i no. 3 Open Perspectives
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/8aa3-jr63
Gender / sexuality / italy
11. Fifty Shades, Feminism and Gender Stereotypes: Notes on Researching BDSM
by Laura Zambelli
In this article I develop some reflections on my research on BDSM (bondage, domination and submission, sadism and masochism) in Italy. I comment the success of the book Fifty Shades paralleled by a tepid welcome received from the BDSM community of Milan, Italy. Empirical research on BDSM in Italy is, and was, not widespread; I briefly present the existing academic literature. Then, I reflect on the connections between BDSM and feminism both internationally and in the Italian context,
12. Nessuno tocchi Guizzino. Gli albi illustrati in Italia tra “teoria gender,” false interpretazioni e censura.
by Simone Fornara
Picture books are a genre of children’s literature with enormous educational potential. Their use in classrooms is currently spreading and should be further encouraged. Picture books are particularly suitable for the treatment of sensitive issues, such as those related to gender. For this reason, many educational projects are focused on reading picture books and aim at promoting them, in and outside of the classroom. But in reality, these projects have to face opposite points of view,
13. Precarious Masculinity: Intersections of Race, Gender, and Desire in Claudio Giovannesi’s Alì ha gli occhi azzurri
by Lisa Dolasinski
This article examines the precarious masculinity performed by Nader Sarhan, the male migrant protagonist featured in Claudio Giovannesi’s Alì ha gli occhi azzurri (2012). The theoretical framework draws on scholarship from postcolonial studies, film theory, queer theory, and gender studies. In particular, following recent work on representations of non-national male migrant film protagonists as “queer” and thus inassimilable to the national Italian body, the author contends that Nader’s desire for “white,” hegemonic masculinity (sexual and civic) ultimately results in his own undoing.
14. Postcolonial Abjections: Physical and Moral Corruption in Rhoda by Igiaba Scego
by Jessica Sciubba
This article explores the trajectories of moral and bodily abjection in Rhoda by Igiaba Scego. Drawing principally on Judith Butler’s theory of social abjection and on her critique of the heteronormative discourse, this article identifies the importance of the heteronormative imperative in the shaping of gender roles and points at the abject status acquired by those identities that do not conform to this norm. The complexity of Rhoda’s relationship with her body and with her sexuality represents a key point in the further developments of her abjectifying trajectory;
15. Italian Masculinity as Queer Melodrama: Caravaggio, Puccini, Contemporary Cinema
Book Review: Italian Masculinity as Queer Melodrama: Caravaggio, Puccini, Contemporary Cinema by John Champagne
by Matthew Zundel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/8f5d-m194
16. Masculinity and Italian Cinema: Sexual Politics, Social Conflict and Male Crisis in the 1970s
Book Review: Masculinity and Italian Cinema: Sexual Politics, Social Conflict and Male Crisis in the 1970s by Sergio Rigoletto
by Fulvia Massimi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/0p0r-xa81
17. New Visions of the Child in Italian Cinema
Book Review: New Visions of the Child in Italian Cinema by Danielle Hipkins and Roger Pitt
by Stephanie Hotz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/hgq7-0k60
18. Fenomenologia del cinepanettone
Book Review: Fenomenologia del cinepanettone by Alan O’Leary
by Ilaria De Pascalis
https://doi.org/10.15781/syzw-gs85
19. Eccentricity and Sameness. Discourses on Lesbianism and Desire between Women in Italy, 1860s-1930s
Book Review: Eccentricity and Sameness. Discourses on Lesbianism and Desire between Women in Italy, 1860s-1930s by Charlotte Ross
by Sole Anatrone
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/4r11-pe47