italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
dear all
Cecilia Robustelli was part of the session that has been mentioned in one of these exchanges. As the session co-organizer, I thought it would be useful to point this out.
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On May 31, 2014, at 2:01 PM, Ritaki <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
> Maybe it does not help, but this is the point of view of an Italian expert on language and gender.
> This podcast (March, 8) contains an interview by Prof. Giuseppe Antonelli to Prof. Cecilia Robustelli (first 15 minutes), where she also talks about the use of the asterisk.
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> http://www.radio3.rai.it/dl/radio3/programmi/PublishingBlock-bafcbe62-da07-4e46-abd3-79a2a783a80c-podcast.html?refresh_ce
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> the audio file is here http://www.radio3.rai.it/dl/radio3/popupaudio.html?t=LA%20LINGUA%20BATTE%20del%2008%2F03%2F2014%20-%20PUNTATA%20COMPLETA&p=LA%20LINGUA%20BATTE%20del%2008%2F03%2F2014%20-%20PUNTATA%20COMPLETA&d=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radio.rai.it%2Fpodcast%2FA45602904.mp3
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> On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Charlotte Ross <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
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> Dear all,
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> I am writing to this list with a few doubts that I've been mulling over since attending the excellent AAIS conference in Zurich last weekend. I participated in some of the Queer Studies caucus sessions, and attended several of the Women's Studies caucus sessions, since these areas are where my primary interests lie. I listened to some feminist scholars who were (rightly I think) criticising the ways in which women in positions of authority in Italy are still often linguistically erased: the phenomenon of women politicians who are either referred to by others, or themselves choose to be referred to as 'il ministro', for example. However I was surprised and a little shocked to hear feminists take a negative view of the asterisk, which has come to be used in Italian, by queer communities in particular, as a way of moving beyond gender binaries in language. Clearly the asterisk is not an ideal solution, since it cannot (as far as I know) be pronounced; however, it is a way of marking opposition to gendered linguistic norms that begins to address the challenges of developing a more flexible and inclusive language. Opposition to the asterisk was challenged by questions from the floor in the sessions that I attended. It seems to me that a feminist position that discards the asterisk risks establishing a normative, essentialist approach that divides feminist and queer scholars/individuals. In my view, there are important conversations to be had about approaches to linguistic erasure, but also about the relationships between feminist and queer scholars (overlapping communities, surely), and feminist and queer activists in Italy.
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> I'd be interested to hear colleagues' thoughts on these questions.
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> Sexuality and Gender Studies at Birmingham: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/gender/index.aspx
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