Chapter Femminielli and the city: urban space and non-binary gender identities in Naples
This essay examines the interrelation between (peripheral) gender identity and (peripheral) urban space. The analysis focuses on the femminiello, a quintessentially Neapolitan non-binary subjectivity embodying a fluid sexual identity, performatively crossing across masculine and feminine, deeply con...
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Firenze University Press
2022
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