Sebastiano Benasso
Biographic Data
| ID | 3858036 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sebastiano Benasso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sebastiano |
| FAMILY NAME | Benasso |
| SIGNATURE | BENASSO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Genoa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8726-4564 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
You_are_not_alone: Youth and the emergence of discourses on mental health in Italy
Youth studies have traditionally devoted little attention to youth’s emotions. However, according to international [WHO, 2024. Mental health of adolescents report. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescent-mental-health; Lancet, 2025] and Italian dataset [ISTAT, 2023. Report BES. Il benessere equo e sostenibile in Italia], anxiety couples with a growth of mental health problems across youth, ranging from depression to other form…
Miss Impossible: Negoziare modelli di genere per la GenZ, tra musica trap e social platform. Il caso di Anna Pepe
Among the main symbolic referents for Italian Gen Z identified in the literature, trap music and digital platforms emerge as particularly prominent. Trap, the most listened-to musical genre among Italian Gen Z and characterized by the youngest average age of artists in the history of recorded music, conveys complex meanings that require analysis through a trans- and cross-media lens. As a generational response to historical, political, economic, …
The sovereign meal of the male leader: Matteo Salvini’s food porn aesthetics
As a crucial component of ' Italianicity ', food is a common topic in the political discourse in Italy. The diffusion of the grammars and practices of food porn media offer new possibilities for political communication: in Italy, it's especially the sovereignist and populist parties who use such a language. In this article we will focus on the application of food porn as a gastro-nationalist device by Matteo Salvini, leader of the right-wing part…
I am not a virus! From model minority to public enemy, the racialisation of the Chinese community in Italy through food
Covid-19 has shed light on the Sino-Italian communities, usually perceived as a "minority model", based on their being considered as integrated, hard-working and silent. The media narratives about the relation between the spreading of the virus and the consumption of food framed as "disgusting" have neutralised the color-blindness usually applied to Asian migrants in Italy. The latent racism has been reinforced by a process of distinction focused…
Discorsi emergenti nelle politiche di Lifelong Learning per i giovani adulti: Riflessioni su due casi studio in Italia
The article presents a selection of the main results of the project “YOUNG ADULLLT. Policies Supporting Young People in their Life Course. A Comparative Perspective of Lifelong Learning and Inclusion in Education and Work in Europe” funded by the Horizon 2020 Programme. The project has involved research teams from 9 countries and its main focus was on the policy-making patterns, the aims and the implementation of the Lifelong Learning (LLL) polic…
In Transition … Where to? Rethinking Life Stages and Intergenerational Relations of Italian Youth
This article wants to contribute to the ongoing debate within youth studies about the frameworks and concepts that inform research on the meanings of and transitions into adulthood. It aims to contribute to debates about the changing nature of life stages and the need for new conceptual categories and definitions of adulthood and of intergenerational relations. Thus, the first question that drives our reflections is: How do the radical transforma…
Giardini Govi is our spot! When parkour meets Genoa
This article focuses on the experience of a group of traceurs (people practising parkour) in the urban context of Genoa. It describes a public area of the town – the ‘spot' most frequently used for training – from the specific point of view of the traceurs. Genoa is made up of different and relatively autonomous public spaces with specific and cultural characters, but parkour originates from the attempt to disrupt and reconfigure the city's insti…
The sovereign meal of the male leader: Matteo Salvini’s food porn aesthetics
As a crucial component of ' Italianicity ', food is a common topic in the political discourse in Italy. The diffusion of the grammars and practices of food porn media offer new possibilities for political communication: in Italy, it's especially the sovereignist and populist parties who use such a language. In this article we will focus on the application of food porn as a gastro-nationalist device by Matteo Salvini, leader of the right-wing part…
Giardini Govi is our spot! When parkour meets Genoa
This article focuses on the experience of a group of traceurs (people practising parkour) in the urban context of Genoa. It describes a public area of the town – the ‘spot' most frequently used for training – from the specific point of view of the traceurs. Genoa is made up of different and relatively autonomous public spaces with specific and cultural characters, but parkour originates from the attempt to disrupt and reconfigure the city's insti…
In Transition … Where to? Rethinking Life Stages and Intergenerational Relations of Italian Youth
This article wants to contribute to the ongoing debate within youth studies about the frameworks and concepts that inform research on the meanings of and transitions into adulthood. It aims to contribute to debates about the changing nature of life stages and the need for new conceptual categories and definitions of adulthood and of intergenerational relations. Thus, the first question that drives our reflections is: How do the radical transforma…
Discorsi emergenti nelle politiche di Lifelong Learning per i giovani adulti: Riflessioni su due casi studio in Italia
The article presents a selection of the main results of the project “YOUNG ADULLLT. Policies Supporting Young People in their Life Course. A Comparative Perspective of Lifelong Learning and Inclusion in Education and Work in Europe” funded by the Horizon 2020 Programme. The project has involved research teams from 9 countries and its main focus was on the policy-making patterns, the aims and the implementation of the Lifelong Learning (LLL) polic…
I am not a virus! From model minority to public enemy, the racialisation of the Chinese community in Italy through food
Covid-19 has shed light on the Sino-Italian communities, usually perceived as a "minority model", based on their being considered as integrated, hard-working and silent. The media narratives about the relation between the spreading of the virus and the consumption of food framed as "disgusting" have neutralised the color-blindness usually applied to Asian migrants in Italy. The latent racism has been reinforced by a process of distinction focused…
The sovereign meal of the male leader: Matteo Salvini’s food porn aesthetics
As a crucial component of ' Italianicity ', food is a common topic in the political discourse in Italy. The diffusion of the grammars and practices of food porn media offer new possibilities for political communication: in Italy, it's especially the sovereignist and populist parties who use such a language. In this article we will focus on the application of food porn as a gastro-nationalist device by Matteo Salvini, leader of the right-wing part…
Miss Impossible: Negoziare modelli di genere per la GenZ, tra musica trap e social platform. Il caso di Anna Pepe
Among the main symbolic referents for Italian Gen Z identified in the literature, trap music and digital platforms emerge as particularly prominent. Trap, the most listened-to musical genre among Italian Gen Z and characterized by the youngest average age of artists in the history of recorded music, conveys complex meanings that require analysis through a trans- and cross-media lens. As a generational response to historical, political, economic, …
You_are_not_alone: Youth and the emergence of discourses on mental health in Italy
Youth studies have traditionally devoted little attention to youth’s emotions. However, according to international [WHO, 2024. Mental health of adolescents report. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescent-mental-health; Lancet, 2025] and Italian dataset [ISTAT, 2023. Report BES. Il benessere equo e sostenibile in Italia], anxiety couples with a growth of mental health problems across youth, ranging from depression to other form…
Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (3 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)