category: Themed Section

7. Cybermoms and Postfeminism in Italian Web Series

Giovanna Faleschini Lerner August 31, 2018 Issue: G/S/I 5 (2018) Category: Themed Section

Journalist Loredana Lipperini astutely observes how in Italy “motherhood is the knot” in which are entangled different feminist philosophies, as well as patriarchal views of the maternal figure as the only acceptable version of female identity. In biopolitical terms, the maternal body is “the place where power expresses itself and where power, by assuming control of it, exercises its greatest repression (Lupperini 2007). This article aims to disentangle the “knot” of feminist aspirations and contradictory discourses on motherhood in contemporary Italy as it is explored in three Italian web series: Ivan Cotroneo’s Una mamma imperfetta (2013),

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8. Sul corpo delle surrogate. Analisi del discorso pubblico italiano sulla gestazione per altri

Corinna S. Guerzoni, Tatiana Motterle August 31, 2018 Issue: G/S/I 5 (2018) Category: Themed Section

This article analyzes the most recent Italian debate on surrogacy, using the concept of cultural anomaly as described by anthropologist Mary Douglas. Surrogacy is a complex phenomenon that involves different levels of analysis that intersect with the fields of scientific ethics, law, re/production and motherhood. The authors argue that it is necessary to investigate all the doubts and worries that surrogacy practices raise, since in Italy as in other contexts, the mainstream debate on surrogacy often narrows the possibility of delving into the discussion.

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9. Verso la decostruzione dei ruoli genitoriali: il caso degli albi illustrati arcobaleno in Italia

Dalila Forni August 31, 2018 Issue: G/S/I 5 (2018) Category: Themed Section

In Italy, same-sex families are now a prominent reality despite the lack of legal and social recognition. Schools and families, for example, are still embarrassed and unprepared when talking about same-sex families. Since teachers, educators, and parents are usually not informed about homo-affective families and non-traditional family dynamics, this study suggests using books, and specifically picture books, as an educational tool that may help children in considering new points of view and reflecting upon unfamiliar and sometimes distant realities.

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Girl Cultures in Italy from Early Modern to Late Capitalism. Journal Editorial

Paola Bonifazio, Nicoletta Marini-Maio, Ellen Nerenberg September 3, 2017 Issue: G/S/I 4 (2017) Category: Contents, Editorials, Themed Section, Invited Perspectives, Open Contributions, Continuing Discussions

by Paola Bonifazio, Nicoletta Marini-Maio, and Ellen Nerenberg

The editorial includes the Editors’ introductions to their respective areas: Paola Bonifazio and Nicoletta Marini-Maio discuss the Themed Section and the Invited Perspectives; Ellen Nerenberg presents the Open Contributions and the new section, Continuing Discussions, which hosts informed voices on themes developed in previous issues of g/s/i.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/cj1b-3j07

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1. Girlhood Constructed: Portrayals of Childhood in Italian Renaissance Biographies

Sienna Hopkins September 4, 2017 Issue: G/S/I 4 (2017) Category: Themed Section

by Sienna Hopkins

This article explores the divergent representations of girlhood in female commemorative biographies from the early 16th century and the spiritually exemplary biographies of secular women in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. While the commemorative biographies of Battista Sforza, Bianca Maria Sforza and Irene di Spilimbergo follow the traditional tropes of childhood representation for the genre, they nonetheless embody a fuller representation and acceptance of girlhood than that of the later,

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2. The Oratorio Femminile: Young Women’s Socialization and Growth in Post-War Italy

Daniela Cavallaro September 4, 2017 Issue: G/S/I 4 (2017) Category: Themed Section

by Daniela Cavallaro

The few academic studies which look at the development and goals of the Catholic youth centres known as oratori tend to privilege the oratorio maschile over its all-girl counterpart. This article aims to bring to light the experience of the oratorio femminile as an important moment of socialization and growth for girls, teenagers and young women in the post-World War II years. It first provides a brief introduction regarding the origins and development of the oratory in Italy.

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3. Scrivere dalla parte delle bambine: infanzia e adolescenza femminile nella narrativa di Alice Ceresa

Viola Ardeni September 3, 2017 Issue: G/S/I 4 (2017) Category: Themed Section

by Viola Ardeni

L’articolo propone un’analisi dell’espressione e rappresentazione dell’infanzia femminile nei due romanzi della scrittrice italo-svizzera Alice Ceresa (1923-2003), La figlia prodiga del 1967 e Bambine del 1990, alle quali Ceresa dà un’originale impronta sperimentale oltre che femminista. Si mostra che l’attenzione all’infanzia femminile sia indicativa non solo di una costante contenutistica delle opere ceresiane, ma costituisca anche una scelta ideologica: una bambina in crescita è, per Ceresa,

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4. Rita Pavone’s Musicarelli: Rethinking Genre and (Young) Women’s Representation

Stephanie Hotz September 3, 2017 Issue: G/S/I 4 (2017) Category: Themed Section

by Stephanie Hotz

This essay examines Rita Pavone’s star image and musical films of the 1960s, including a close analysis of two of her most famous musicarelli, Rita la zanzara (Rita the Mosquito, 1966) and its sequel Non stuzzicate la zanzara (Don’t Sting the Mosquito, 1967). While studies on the postwar “woman’s film” have focused primarily on melodramas,

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5. Non è la Rai, or: On the Becoming-Girl of Late Capitalism

Elisa Cuter September 4, 2017 Issue: G/S/I 4 (2017) Category: Themed Section

by Elisa Cuter

This paper focuses on Non è la Rai, a TV show aired on Silvio Berlusconi’s broadcasting channels between 1991 and 1994. Through the analysis of the program a connection emerges between three macro-phenomena: postmodern aesthetics; Berlusconism (as a specific and national embodiment of larger concepts like capitalism and neoliberalism) and the fundamental role of “girlhood” in the first two. In particular, it proves that the neoliberal strategy could not have been effective without an unprecedented increase in the importance of the symbolic category of girlhood in Italian society,

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It’s Not Only a Matter of Pronouns. Journal Editorial

Nicoletta Marini-Maio December 28, 2016 Issue: G/S/I 3 (2016) Category: Editorials, Themed Section, Invited Perspectives

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

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