2. Contro il dominio del canone eterosessista. Una rilettura queer del personaggio di Turandot

Marta Riccobono August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Themed Section

Contro il dominio del canone eterosessista. Una rilettura queer del personaggio di Turandot

by Marta Riccobono

This article proposes a re-reading of the literary character of Turandot through the perspective of gender studies and queer theory, with particular reference to the works of Judith Butler and Eve Sedgwick. The tragicomedy Turandot, brought to the stage by Carlo Gozzi in 1762, and the homonymous Puccinian melodrama, represented for the first time at the Scala in 1926,

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3. Blue-Haired-Girl Mnemonic: Italian Sci-Fi Nirvana

Roberta Tabanelli August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Themed Section

Blue-Haired-Girl Mnemonic: Italian Sci-Fi Nirvana

by Roberta Tabanelli

This article analyzes the science fiction Italian film Nirvana (1997) directed by Oscar-winning Gabriele Salvatores. Specifically, Tabanelli proposes a gendered reading of the film focused on the character of Naima, a female hacker with blue hair and an implant in her forehead. The author claims that Nirvana’s closing scene, and in particular the last photogram, by re-configuring the characters’ roles in the story,

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4. The Performance of (Dis)orientation; a queer reading of Pietro Marcello’s La bocca del lupo (2009)

Oliver Brett August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Themed Section

The Performance of (Dis)orientation; a queer reading of Pietro Marcello’s La bocca del lupo (2009)

by Oliver Brett

In this article, Oliver Brett focuses on the role of the “object” in Pietro Marcello’s docufiction film La bocca del lupo (2009). In a context where “difference” can be perceived as problematic particularly if shaped through a politics of “identity”— his analysis draws on a phenomenological framework in seeking to elucidate the “queer” features of this award winning film.

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5. “Almeno non hai un nome da negra”: Race, Gender and National Belonging in Laila Wadia’s Amiche per la pelle

Sole Anatrone August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Themed Section

“Almeno non hai un nome da negra”: Race, Gender and National Belonging in Laila Wadia’s Amiche per la pelle

by Sole Anatrone

Four women, from four corners of the world, sit at the kitchen table in a cramped, run-down apartment in downtown Trieste, awaiting the arrival of a fifth woman, their Italian language teacher. This little group of students is the focus of Laila Wadia’s novel Amiche per la pelle.

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6. “Il blog è mio e lo gestisco io:” Dominio di genere nel web italiano

Ombretta Frau, Juliet Guzzetta August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Themed Section

“Il blog è mio e lo gestisco io:” Dominio di genere nel web italiano

by Ombretta Frau, Juliet Guzzetta

This article analyzes a form of online domination that can be identified as the verbal practice of gender domination centered on the body of those women that contribute, with their writings and their activism, to the life of the web, especially in those situations in which they attempt to build an intellectual and professional authority.

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7. Il linguaggio femminile e maschile: uno scenario (stereotipico) in movimento

Rita Fresu August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Themed Section

Il linguaggio femminile e maschile: uno scenario (stereotipico) in movimento

by Rita Fresu

Various studies have both demonstrated that differences in feminine and masculine language are part of a social construct strongly correlated to diastratic and diaphasic factors and revealed the existence of a consolidated set of expectations held by a community of speakers with regard to the linguistic behaviors attributed to gender. The shared understanding of this strong social norm and expectation,

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8. Potere e autorità nei dizionari

Eva Nossem August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Themed Section

Potere e autorità nei dizionari

by Eva Nossem

This paper aims at bringing together queer approaches and lexicography, i.e. a critical heteronormativity research within the field of theoretical lexicography and practical dictionary making. The analysis focuses on power and authority in dictionaries. Power and authority do not only influence the process of dictionary making but are also produced by the dictionaries themselves. The author supports these theoretical reflections with practical examples taken from existing dictionaries.

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9. Lo spazio pubblico si femminilizza, ma scompare il conflitto tra i sessi

Lea Melandri August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Invited Perspectives

Lo spazio pubblico si femminilizza, ma scompare il conflitto tra i sessi

by Lea Melandri

“Feminizing the public space” does not only mean highlighting women’s presence therein, but also realizing that “femininity,” as it has been traditionally defined, is strongly relevant today in the same space from which it was excluded for centuries. According to Melandri, in the last twenty years, some ambiguous figures have appeared in Italy: veline,

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10. Dominio femminile, oppressione maschile: un nuovo secondo sesso?

Elena Dalla Torre August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Invited Perspectives

Dominio femminile, oppressione maschile: un nuovo secondo sesso?

by Elena Dalla Torre

This essay constitutes a short critical reflection on the anti-feminist position of Fabrizio Marchi, founder of the movement “Uomini Beta,” whose “philosophy” of masculism is articulated in response to the consolidated tradition of Italian Feminism, which often ignored the masculine condition. In such philosophy, which we could ironically call of a new second sex, the oppressed male—the victim of a socio-economic model based on success and financial wealth—stands in opposition to the dominant woman,

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11. Never Felt So Good by Rossana Campo. Translation of Excerpt, with Critical Introduction

Adria Frizzi August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Invited Perspectives

Never Felt So Good by Rossana Campo. Translation of Excerpt, with Critical Introduction

by Adria Frizzi

Over the past twenty years Rossana Campo has established herself as one of the most interesting authors in contemporary Italian literature. Her writing is characterized by its heavy reliance on the spoken register and focus on the female voice and experience. Never Felt So Good (1995) unfolds during a dinner party among girlfriends.

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