Un’identità indefinita: il caso dell’intersessualità in due narrazioni cinematografiche
Human beings appear to have the need for clear categories through which to filter the otherwise overwhelming variety of reality. The binary of sexual identity (male/female) is a particularly strong system of categorization that expands from the identifi cation of human beings to other...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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2011
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Annali di studi religiosi
Year: 2011, Volume: 12, Pages: 109-121 |
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| Summary: | Human beings appear to have the need for clear categories through which to filter the otherwise overwhelming variety of reality. The binary of sexual identity (male/female) is a particularly strong system of categorization that expands from the identifi cation of human beings to other living beings and also infl uences abstract forms of reasoning. Intersexuality is therefore a particularly interesting case that upsets the binary system exactly in its seemingly reliable biological basis. Does intersexuality provide an ideal for ambiguous and fluid identities and a model for overcoming binary thinking? The analysis of two films about intersexuality (Tintenfischalarm [Scharang 2006], XXY [Puenza 2007]) shows that an ambiguous sexual identity is diffi cult to accomplish in a society still structured along binary schemes, but also that the case of intersexuality can help to question norms and assumptions presumed to be “natural” and eternal. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-3892 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Annali di studi religiosi
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