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16. “…gay ti viene proprio male…continuate a dire frocio….” La variazione diastratica e il politicamente corretto nella lingua del film Perfetti sconosciuti

For both the speech that its characters emit as well as for its ability to convey complexity of language, cinematic dialogue has become a relatively stable indicator for contemporary Italian. Diaphasia (the situational context) and diastratia (references to social and professional status) are foundational axes for linguistic change. This essay examines the language of Perfetti sconosciuti/Perfect Strangers(Paolo Genovese, 2016), highlighting the increased influence of diaphasia on the characters’ social roles and on their linguistic expression.

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6. Sexism, misogyny and heteronormativity in Italian legal and media language. The case of “Stupro della fortezza da Basso.”

by Michela Baldo

Michela Baldo introduces the theme of the AAIS 2016 roundtable, that is those discourses of gender and sexuality circulating in Italy oriented in a homophobic, transphobic, sexist and misogynist way, but also the ways in which language can become a tool to fight discrimination. The author subsequently introduces queer linguistics, a branch of linguistics that aims to challenge essentialist, hegemonic and naturalized notions of gender and sexuality, and that can be useful in unmasking the work of heteronormativity in the formation of public discourses.

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1. Desire and Resistance in Two Poems by Aldo Palazzeschi

Desire and Resistance in Two Poems by Aldo Palazzeschi

by Kristin Szostek Chertoff

Although sexuality has become a common theme in studies of Aldo Palazzeschi’s work, criticism has not yet fully explored how some of his earliest poems interact with the prevailing cultural assumptions and attitudes circulating when they were written and first published. This study approaches two poems—“Habel Nassab” (1909) and “I fiori” (1913)—that portray a poet protagonist’s emotionally disturbing encounter with a man who dominates through femininity,

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