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Eccentricity and Sameness: Lesbian Cultural Identity in Italy, 1883 to the present day.

古怪与雷同：意大利女同性恋文化认同，1883 年至今。

基本信息

批准号：
AH/I022817/1
负责人：
Charlotte Ross
金额：
$ 4.66万
依托单位：
University of Birmingham
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2012 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FI022817%2F1
关键词：
Eccentricity Sameness Lesbian Cultural Identity

项目摘要

Subject: This project focuses on the cultural representation of female same-sex and lesbian desire and identity in Italian texts, from 1883 to the present day. Context: Recent decades have seen significant changes in legislation on and attitudes towards homosexuality in many western countries. There is a growing body of research on lesbian and gay cultures, both contemporary and historical, but not all cultural contexts have yet been studied in detail; for example, the status and representation of lesbians in Italian culture has received very little critical attention. In Italy, as elsewhere, lesbians have historically been condemned as perverted, marginalised, or simply unacknowledged due to perceptions of lesbianism as socially unacceptable or unspeakable. As a result, they have featured in Italian literature and film as objects of derision. However, we can also identify a strand of writing and representation that seeks to make visible and to celebrate same-sex love between women, especially since the 1960s. Cultural representation has long held great significance for lesbians, as for other sexual minorities, because of its potential to express and make visible desires and identities that mainstream culture had traditionally ignored or vilified. This project is an innovative study that will fill an enduring void in scholarship on this issueAims: The main aim of this project is to research the cultural representation of female same-sex love and desire, and lesbian identities in Italian novels, films, and more contemporary texts such as websites, in order to understand the characteristics of this representation and the ways in which it has changed over time. The time period covered by the project is from the late nineteenth century, the moment when early sexologists began to study and categorise same-sex practices, to the present day. Research will identify and analyse cultural texts, using an innovative critical and theoretical framework. There are three main research questions:1) what terms are used to describe same-sex love and desire in these texts? In particular, what forms of 'difference' (perceived or actual) are identified?2) when, where and how did 'lesbian' identities emerge and develop in Italian culture, and how has the term 'lesbian' been used in cultural texts?3) within Italian cultural representation, how have lesbian situated themselves in relation to evolving understandings of female sexuality in the broader socio-cultural context; for example, how have they responded to claims that lesbians are 'abnormal'? What kinds of 'differences' or similarities, 'sameness' are evoked?Through this research, the project will raise awareness of and enable discussion on these issues within academic and activist communities, as well as among the general public.Outputs: a book in English; a journal article in English; conference papers; university teaching material; talks to the general public and to LGBT communities both in the UK and Italy, made available as a podcast; articles on Italian websites in Italian. This will ensure that the research is disseminated widely in both Anglophone and Italophone contexts.Progress: The research is already underway. I am currently consulting relevant resources in UK libraries. Research will be continued in archives and libraries in Italy. I will discuss the research regularly with academic colleagues as well as with LGBT communities, whose input will contribute to shaping the project.

主题：这个项目的重点是女性同性恋和女同性恋的欲望和身份在意大利文本的文化表现，从1883年至今。背景：近几十年来，在许多西方国家，对同性恋的立法和态度发生了重大变化。关于当代和历史上的男女同性恋文化的研究越来越多，但并不是所有的文化背景都得到了详细的研究;例如，意大利文化中女同性恋的地位和代表性很少受到批评性的关注。在意大利，和其他地方一样，女同性恋者在历史上被谴责为变态、边缘化，或者仅仅是不被承认，因为人们认为女同性恋是社会不可接受或不可形容的。因此，他们在意大利文学和电影中成为嘲笑的对象。然而，我们也可以找到一种写作和表达的方式，试图让女性之间的同性爱变得可见并庆祝，特别是自20世纪60年代以来。文化代表性长期以来对女同性恋者和其他性少数群体具有重要意义，因为它有可能表达和表达主流文化传统上忽视或诋毁的欲望和身份。这个项目是一个创新的研究，将填补学术界在这个问题上的一个持久的空白目的：这个项目的主要目的是研究女性同性爱和欲望的文化表现，以及意大利小说，电影和更多的当代文本，如网站中的女同性恋身份，以了解这种表现的特点和它随着时间的推移而变化的方式。该项目所涵盖的时间段是从世纪末，即早期性学家开始研究和分类同性行为的那一刻起，一直到今天。研究将确定和分析文化文本，使用创新的批判和理论框架。主要研究问题有三个：1）在这些文本中，哪些术语被用来描述同性爱和欲望？特别是，什么形式的“差异”（感知或实际）被确定？2)“女同性恋”的身份是在何时、何地以及如何在意大利文化中出现和发展的，“女同性恋”一词是如何在文化文本中使用的？3)在意大利的文化代表性，女同性恋如何定位自己在更广泛的社会文化背景下对女性性行为的不断演变的理解;例如，他们如何回应声称女同性恋者是'异常'？什么样的“差异”或相似性，“相同”被唤起？通过这项研究，该项目将提高学术界和活动家社区以及公众对这些问题的认识，并促进对这些问题的讨论，产出：一本英文书籍;一篇英文期刊文章;会议文件;大学教材;在英国和意大利与公众和男女同性恋、双性恋和变性者社区的谈话，以播客形式提供;意大利网站上的意大利文文章。这将确保在英语和意大利语环境中广泛传播研究成果。进展情况：研究工作已在进行中。我目前正在英国图书馆查阅相关资源。将继续在意大利的档案馆和图书馆进行研究。我将定期与学术界的同事以及LGBT社区讨论这项研究，他们的意见将有助于塑造这个项目。