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This is a short and accessible introduction to the complex and
evolving debates around queer theories, advocating for their
critical role in academia and society. The book traces the roots of
queer theories and argues that Foucault owed an important debt to
other European authors including the feminist and homosexual
liberation movements of the 1960-1970s and the anticolonial
movements of the 1950s. Going beyond a simple introduction to queer
theories, this book situates them firmly in a European and Italian
context to offer a crucial set of arguments in defence of LGBTQI+
rights, in defence of the freedom of teaching and research, and in
defence of a radical idea of democracy. The narrative of the book
is divided into three short chapters which can be read
independently or in sequence. The first chapter argues that queer
theories are rooted in the critical philosophical tradition, the
second presents a critique of heterosexism and the binary inherent
to the gender-sex-sexual orientation system, and the third chapter
sketches a history of the queer debate. The book offers a useful
typology of queer theories by sorting them into three basic
paradigms: Freudo-Marxism, radical constructivism, and antisocial
and affective theories, clarifying the complexities of the nature
of the debates for undergraduates. The book is both accessible and
original, and is suitable for both specialist researchers and
undergraduate students new to queer studies. It will be essential
reading for those studying philosophy, sexuality studies and gender
studies.
This is a short and accessible introduction to the complex and
evolving debates around queer theories, advocating for their
critical role in academia and society. The book traces the roots of
queer theories and argues that Foucault owed an important debt to
other European authors including the feminist and homosexual
liberation movements of the 1960-1970s and the anticolonial
movements of the 1950s. Going beyond a simple introduction to queer
theories, this book situates them firmly in a European and Italian
context to offer a crucial set of arguments in defence of LGBTQI+
rights, in defence of the freedom of teaching and research, and in
defence of a radical idea of democracy. The narrative of the book
is divided into three short chapters which can be read
independently or in sequence. The first chapter argues that queer
theories are rooted in the critical philosophical tradition, the
second presents a critique of heterosexism and the binary inherent
to the gender-sex-sexual orientation system, and the third chapter
sketches a history of the queer debate. The book offers a useful
typology of queer theories by sorting them into three basic
paradigms: Freudo-Marxism, radical constructivism, and antisocial
and affective theories, clarifying the complexities of the nature
of the debates for undergraduates. The book is both accessible and
original, and is suitable for both specialist researchers and
undergraduate students new to queer studies. It will be essential
reading for those studying philosophy, sexuality studies and gender
studies.
This book examines the concept of translation as a return to
origins and as restitution of lost narratives, and is based on the
idea of diaspora as a term that depicts the longing to return home
and the imaginary reconstructions and reconstitutions of home by
migrants and translators. The author analyses a corpus made up of
novels and a memoir by Italian-Canadian writers Mary Melfi, Nino
Ricci and Frank Paci, examining the theme of return both within the
writing itself and also in the discourse surrounding the
translations of these works into Italian. These 'reconstructions'
are analysed through the lens of translation, and more specifically
through the notion of written code-switching, understood here as a
fictional tool which symbolizes the translational movements between
different points of view. This book will be of particular interest
to students and scholars of translation and interpreting, migration
studies, and Italian and diasporic writing.
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