Abstract

BERNINI, Lorenzo. The "teoria del gender" in Italy: a partisan essay on a floating signifier. Rev. psicol. polít. [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.43, pp.543-556. ISSN 1519-549X.

As a queer scholar, I consider myself personally involved in the Italian LGBTQI+ field of resistance against the Catholic "anti-gender" crusade. As a consequence, I will not keep a neutral stand-point throughout this article, but I am going to assume a partisan position. In my public speeches in Italy, when I am confronted with over-concerned parents and teachers, or equally confused students and voters, I try to clear away the panic around the concept of gender, and at the same time I invite people to become aware of how radical the conflict is, and to take a stance on it. With these goals in mind, I generally tackle two issues, each of which can be put into a question: what is "teoria del gender"? and why are current gender studies and queer theories different from "teoria del gender"? In these pages, once again, I am going to attempt to answer these questions.

Keywords : gender studies; queer theories; gender ideology; Catholic Church; Italy.

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