Alice Parrinello
Biographic Data
| ID | 5192479 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice Parrinello |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice |
| FAMILY NAME | Parrinello |
| SIGNATURE | PARRINELLO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5116-6882 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A loud minute
In the final months of 2023, gender-based violence, domestic abuse, and femicides were brought to the forefront of Italian discourse in an unprecedented capacity following the murder of Giulia Cecchettin. Coincidentally, alongside this discursive resurgence, these themes featured at the core of two films that were released in the same period: C’è ancora domani (2023) by Paola Cortellesi and Misericordia (2023) by Emma Dante. The article analyses …
The View from Etna
“Nello stesso mare di tutti”
Southern Italy has frequently been associated with a rhetoric of backwardness and immobility, which constructs the region as the opposite of the modern and productive North. However, a cultural and epistemological reinvention of the South is taking place today. This trend is reflected especially in the films of Emma Dante and Valentina Pedicini. This article analyzes Pedicini's Era ieri (2016) and Dante's Le sorelle Macaluso (2020) and, in doing …
Reading and writing Italian queerness
While LGBTQIA+ identities are already mostly invisible in the Italian education system, the current anti-gender policies proposed by right-wing and far-right politicians risk further hindering an inclusive education. However, recent Italian graphic novels pave the way for a multifaceted representation of the LGBTQIA+ community and an alternative form of education. For instance, Nicoz Balboa’s Play with Fire (2020) and Alec Trenta’s Barba (2022) a…
The Future is Collapsing
While long ignored in the Italian panorama, in recent years science fiction and speculative fiction have seen a significant increase in the number of novels and critical analyses related to the two genres. Women writers are reclaiming a central spot in the fields in general, as exemplified by collapse and extinction narratives in particular. Laura Pugno’s Sirene (Mermaids, 2007) constitutes a significant example of such fiction. The work depicts …
In Italia sono tutti maschi, Luca De Santis and Sara Colaone (2019)
Review of: In Italia sono tutti maschi , Luca De Santis and Sara Colaone (2019) Italy: Oblomov Edizioni and Quartu Sant’Elena, 175 pp., ISBN 978-8-88562-165-7, p/bk, €19
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The Future is Collapsing
While long ignored in the Italian panorama, in recent years science fiction and speculative fiction have seen a significant increase in the number of novels and critical analyses related to the two genres. Women writers are reclaiming a central spot in the fields in general, as exemplified by collapse and extinction narratives in particular. Laura Pugno’s Sirene (Mermaids, 2007) constitutes a significant example of such fiction. The work depicts …
In Italia sono tutti maschi, Luca De Santis and Sara Colaone (2019)
Review of: In Italia sono tutti maschi , Luca De Santis and Sara Colaone (2019) Italy: Oblomov Edizioni and Quartu Sant’Elena, 175 pp., ISBN 978-8-88562-165-7, p/bk, €19
“Nello stesso mare di tutti”
Southern Italy has frequently been associated with a rhetoric of backwardness and immobility, which constructs the region as the opposite of the modern and productive North. However, a cultural and epistemological reinvention of the South is taking place today. This trend is reflected especially in the films of Emma Dante and Valentina Pedicini. This article analyzes Pedicini's Era ieri (2016) and Dante's Le sorelle Macaluso (2020) and, in doing …
Reading and writing Italian queerness
While LGBTQIA+ identities are already mostly invisible in the Italian education system, the current anti-gender policies proposed by right-wing and far-right politicians risk further hindering an inclusive education. However, recent Italian graphic novels pave the way for a multifaceted representation of the LGBTQIA+ community and an alternative form of education. For instance, Nicoz Balboa’s Play with Fire (2020) and Alec Trenta’s Barba (2022) a…
A loud minute
In the final months of 2023, gender-based violence, domestic abuse, and femicides were brought to the forefront of Italian discourse in an unprecedented capacity following the murder of Giulia Cecchettin. Coincidentally, alongside this discursive resurgence, these themes featured at the core of two films that were released in the same period: C’è ancora domani (2023) by Paola Cortellesi and Misericordia (2023) by Emma Dante. The article analyses …
The View from Etna
Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (5 works) · Art (2 works) · Historical and Environmental Studies (2 works) · Italian Literature and Culture (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Temporality (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Backwardness (1 work) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 work)