Italian Trans Geographies

Provides a remapping of Italian and Italian American culture by retracing trans and gender-variant experiences within Italy and along diasporic routes.

About the author

Danila Cannamela (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Italian Studies at Colby College. She is the author of The Quiet Avant-Garde: Crepuscular Poetry and the Twilight of Modern Humanism. Marzia Mauriello (she/her) is an Adjunct Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Naples L'orientale in Italy. She is the author of An Anthropology of Gender Variance and Trans Experience in Naples: Beauty in Transit. Summer Minerva (she/they) is an independent researcher, performer, author, filmmaker, activist, and educator. A lover of adventure, Summer tours internationally, sharing her performances, films, and ideas with the world.

Product details

• Authors: Danila (EDT)/ Mauriello Cannamela, Danila Mauriello Cannamela
• Assisted by: Danila Cannamela (Editor), Marzia Mauriello (Editor), Summer Minerva (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781438494586
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9458-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Suny Italian/American Culture; SUNY series in Italian/American Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / General, Italy, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literature: history and criticism, Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Transgender Studies, Gender studies: transgender & intersex