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Teen Identity, Affect and Sex in Rome: Italian teen girl audiences and the dissonant pleasures of Netflix’s underage prostitution drama Baby
(Società Editrice il Mulino, 15 August 2022)The controversial Italian Netflix original TV series Baby (2018-2020) is based on the real-life events of an underage female prostitution scandal in Italy. This article examines the significance of this TV series for Italian ... -
La fede nella Provvidenza come esperienza quotidiana nei "Promessi sposi"
(Fabrizio Serra editore, 30 June 2023)Questo articolo considera tre forme che l’idea di Provvidenza ha assunto nella tradizione cristiana – la Provvidenza come ordine razionale del cosmo o necessità di origine divina umilmente accettata dai fedeli (la ... -
Veneto dialect in the linguistic repertoire of Igbo-Nigerians in Padua
(Pacini Editore, 30 November 2021)In this article, I will discuss the presence of Veneto dialect in the linguistic repertoire of Igbo-Nigerians living in the city of Padua. The case of Veneto dialect is particularly interesting, as it is one of the most ... -
Street Life in Renaissance Italy
(Yale University Press, 24 November 2020)The cities of Renaissance Italy comprised a network of forces shaping both the urban landscape and those who inhabited it. In this illuminating study, those complex relations are laid bare and explored through the lens of ... -
L’epopea di "Canale Mussolini" e il romanzo familiare in Italia
(Routledge / Society for Italian Studies (SIS), 16 September 2021)Ambientato nelle province di Ferrara e di Littoria (ora Latina), il romanzo di Antonio Pennacchi Canale Mussolini (2010–2015) racconta l’epopea della famiglia Peruzzi dal primo ’900 fino a metà ...