JAm It! (Journal of American Studies in Italy)

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On the latest issue of our journal, Pilar Martinez Benedi (@univaq) reviewed Cody Marrs's book "Melville, Beauty, and American Literary Studies: An Aesthetics of All Things" (@OxUniPress, 2023). You can read it at this link.
https://t.co/Vj1CoQFQlw

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In “Was This Garden, then, the Eden of the Present World?” N. Hawthorne’s Representation of Padua in “Rappaccini’s Daughter”, Nicolò Salmaso (@IndianaUniv) examines the historical accuracy of the Padua setting in Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter” (1844).
https://t.co/337cmdTUTq

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In "(Re-)Narrating Transgender Pasts, Presents, and Futures in @CaseyPlett Little Fish", Steph Berens (@LMU_Muenchen) explores how cisnormative narrations of transness hold trans subjectivities in a constant temporal bind.
Read it online at this link.
https://t.co/t7Jt34VHxO

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In "The Trope of Africanism to Address Homosexuality in Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin", Francesca Scaccia (@unitorvergata) analyzes why Baldwin uses Africanlike characters to explore the taboo topics of homosexuality and bisexuality in the 1950s USA.
https://t.co/4D2J4Z9wLb

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In "Let Me Get this Queer. Recognition of Age and Sexuality in Grace and Frankie", Daniele Atza (@unito) examines how older queer identities are represented in the contemporary American sitcom @GraceandFrankie (2015 – 2022). Read it at this link.
https://t.co/d1IBtDQWNi

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"Queering America Today" is the introduction to our latest issue. @Fra692 (@FU_Berlin), Emanuele Monaco, and @CP_Draws (@Unibo) aspired to provide the readers with current critical practices and debates that use queerness as a critical lens. 👇👇👇
https://t.co/exyZ4bB6Hd

[Francesco Bacci @Fra692]

@JAmIT_journal Issue N. 9: ‘Queering America Today’ is available — curated by me, Emanuele Monaco, and Chiara Patrizi

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In "Subverting Same-Sex Couples’ Equal Dignity", A. Castet explores how originalist justices framed marriage equality to shift discrimination onto religious conservatives who claim the right not to recognize LGBTQ+ citizens by invoking religious freedom.
https://t.co/rNInH8umdE

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In "Queering American History. New Perspectives and the Impact of Archival Activism", Emanuele Monaco (@Unibo) focuses on the way queer history has been defined by academia and what it means to preserve the memory of discriminated communities.
https://t.co/rdYbldeotc

[JAm It! (Journal of American Studies in Italy) @JAmIT_journal]

"Queering America Today" is the introduction to our latest issue. Francesco Bacci (@FU_Berlin), Emanuele Monaco, and @CP_Draws (@Unibo) aspired to provide the readers with current critical practices and debates that use queerness as a critical lens. 👇👇👇
https://t.co/exyZ4bB6Hd

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Our latest issue is out. "Queering America: Gender, Sex and Recognition" investigates the ways in which history, literature, political science, and arts explore the interplay of gender, sex, recognition. Thanks to our editors F. Bacci, E. Monaco, @CP_Draws
https://t.co/CvgQmQZPBi

[Iperstoria @Iperstoria1]

Issue 23 is out now!
It features a Thematic Section titled "Discourses in Challenging Times", edited by Denise Milizia and Stefania Maci, and articles in the fields of American and English Studies.
Full Open Access: https://t.co/eqV7HZpS8p

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Congratulations to our editor @MarcoPe3lli on the publication of issue n. 14 of #FromtheEuropeanSouth journal, which he co-edited with Anna Scacchi, entitled "On the beat: Owning/Reclaming Time against White Chronocentrism".
https://t.co/Wq6n37nw9Y

[AISNA Graduates @AISNAGraduates]

The CFP for the 4th AISNA Graduates Conference is out now!

https://t.co/3kwm59OU5q

[Enrico @89Enrico]

CFP deadline extended to Jan 15th! @JAmIT_journal
"Our inquiry aims to explore the transformative power of Indigenous Resurgence movements, which seek to transcend the limitations of settler colonial systems by envisioning alternative ways of thinking, organizing, and being."

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We extended the deadline for the CFP. You have time until January 15th to submit your proposals for the next issue of @JAmIT_journal

[Enrico @89Enrico]

CFP deadline extended to Jan 15th! @JAmIT_journal
"Our inquiry aims to explore the transformative power of Indigenous Resurgence movements, which seek to transcend the limitations of settler colonial systems by envisioning alternative ways of thinking, organizing, and being."

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We extended the CFP: you have time until February 15th!

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The CFP for the 2024 special issue of @JAmIT_journal edited by @MattiaArioli and @sarariccetti is out! "Resurgence and Decolonization: Creating Alternative Worlds" explores the transformative power of Indigenous Resurgence movements. Deadline: December 31. https://t.co/WUB47ngXFD

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The CFP for the 2024 special issue of @JAmIT_journal edited by @MattiaArioli and @sarariccetti is out! "Resurgence and Decolonization: Creating Alternative Worlds" explores the transformative power of Indigenous Resurgence movements. Deadline: December 31. https://t.co/WUB47ngXFD

[Enrico @89Enrico]

A fresh new Call for Papers for @JAmIT_journal!
Special issue, titled “Resurgence and Decolonization: Creating Alternative Worlds.”
(deadline Dec 31)
https://t.co/AYZZjsuFLv