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This article has been published in: Ocula 25, Gender, genres and generations. A sociological analysis on changes of consumption styles in the globalised world: current scenarios and future perspectives

author: Francesco Pelusi (DISCUI, Dipartimento di scienze della comunicazione, studi umanistici e internazionali, Università degli studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, IT)

Rendering complexity. The trans-gender subject in the drama serial “Un posto al sole”.

language: italian

abstract: The goal of this contribution will be to analyze the ways in which gender issues are treated within the fiction Un posto al sole. Specifically, the corpus of analysis will be defined around the narrative development of the character of Carla Parisi, a transgender father, who allows fiction to deal with issues such as transsexualism and homogenitoriality. Through a methodology that integrates semiotics of culture, gender studies and audiovisual studies, the semantic universe introduced by Carla will be highlighted, paying particular attention to stereotypes and clichés that characterize the complexity of this subjectivity.

citation information: Francesco Pelusi, Restituire la complessità. Il soggetto trans nella soap Un posto al sole, "Ocula", vol.22, n.25, pp.213-228, June 2021. DOI: 10.12977/ocula2021-15

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