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dc.contributor.authorCannella, Fabrizia
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-01T13:39:02Z
dc.date.available2023-05-01T13:39:02Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifierONIX_20230501_9788855186612_56
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62640
dc.description.abstractThis 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 connected to the territory where it originates—Naples’ inner city and its low-income historic neighborhoods. Accordingly, the essay looks at the material and immaterial interrelations between urban space and the femminiello identity. Methodologically, the study is built on a qualitative approach based mainly on fieldwork interviews with three of the most prominent femminielli of the Neapolitan context: CiroCiretta, a recognized exponent of the femminielli community and among the founders of a cultural association devoted to spreading and preserving the ancient femminiello culture; Tarantina Taran, an iconic local figure dubbed as “Naples’ last femminiello” in the city’s Spanish Quarters; and Loredana, activist and secretary of Naples’ Transsexual Association. The voices and stories of these three femminielli led us to read this non-binary gender identity in its relation to urban space, from different and complementary perspectives, which ultimately helped us trace a map of changing meaning and emerging forms of adaptation over time.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRicerche. Architettura, Pianificazione, Paesaggio, Design
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.otherNaples
dc.subject.otherfemminielli
dc.subject.otherqueer space
dc.titleChapter Femminielli and the city: urban space and non-binary gender identities in Naples
dc.typechapter
oapen.identifier.doi10.36253/978-88-5518-661-2.09
oapen.relation.isPublishedBybf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870
oapen.relation.isbn9788855186612
oapen.series.number21
oapen.pages16
oapen.place.publicationFlorence


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