Papers by Domenica Gisella Calabrò
Gender Visibility and Erasure
The Routledge Handbook of Global Development, 2022
Mutual Images Journal, 2017
Japanese Pop Cultures in Europe today: Economic challenges, Mediated notions, Future opportunitie... more Japanese Pop Cultures in Europe today: Economic challenges, Mediated notions, Future opportunities Mutual Images is a peer reviewed journal established in 2016 by the scholarly and non-profit association Mutual Images, officially registered under French law (Loi 1901). This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. It is registered under the
Emergent Masculinities in the Pacific, 2018
The Contemporary Pacific, 2014
Sport, Migration, and Gender in the Neoliberal Age, 2020
This ethnographic collection explores how neoliberalism has permeated the bodies, subjectivities,... more This ethnographic collection explores how neoliberalism has permeated the bodies, subjectivities, and gender of youth around the world as global sport industries have expanded their reach into marginal areas, luring young athletes with the dream of pursuing athletic careers in professional leagues of the Global North. Neoliberalism has reconfigured sport since the 1980s, as sport clubs and federations have become for-profit businesses, in conjunction with television and corporate sponsors. Neoliberal sport has had other important effects, which are rarely the object of attention: as the national economies of the Global South and local economies of marginal areas of the Global North have collapsed under pressure from global capital, many young people dream of pursuing a sport career as an escape from poverty. But this elusive future is often located elsewhere, initially in regional centres, though ultimately in the wealthy centres of the Global North that can support a sport infrastructure. The pursuit of this future has transformed kinship relations, gender relations, and the subjectivities of people. This collection of rich ethnographies from diverse regions of the world, from Ghana to Finland and from China to Fiji, pulls the reader into the lives of men and women in the global sport industries, including aspiring athletes, their families, and the agents, coaches, and academy directors shaping athletes' dreams. It demonstrates that the ideals of neoliberalism spread in surprising ways, intermingling with categories like gender, religion, indigeneity, and kinship. Athletes' migrations provide a novel angle on the global workings of neoliberalism. This book will be of key interest to scholars in Gender Studies, Anthropology, Sport Studies, and Migration Studies.
Japanese pop culture has influenced Italy over the last thirty years. In the ‘70s anime started t... more Japanese pop culture has influenced Italy over the last thirty years. In the ‘70s anime started to fill the airtime of emerging private TV channels, marking the childhood of those Italian who grew up in those years and until the early ‘90s, when manga finally appeared in the Italian market. Globalization and Internet have made other aspects of Japanese pop culture available to Italians and the rest of the world alike. This phenomenon has resulted into a very active Italian fandom spanning through different generations, and into a strong fascination towards Japan. This paper aims to provide insights on the way Italian fans perceive Japanese pop culture and Japan; on the kind of bonds to Japan they develop, and how they socialize. It does so considering the biggest Italian web-community, AnimeClick.it, as a microcosm of the Italian fandom interactions and emotions. Privileging a qualitative method, it notably focuses on the people who give life to the website. Their images of Japanese pop culture reveal the recognition of a specific cultural odour perceived as pleasant, which translates into an interest in Japan. Those fans associate Japan to images of fantasy and charming mystery that nevertheless co-exist with perceptions of extreme difference echoing the notion of Japanese uniqueness, so that Orientalist processes are re-enacted. There are intergenerational differences in the way fans have developed an emotional bond, and look at Japanese pop culture. However, these get mediated and transcended through their socialization and collaboration in the web-community, opening up new perspectives for the future evolution of the Japanese pop culture’s influence in Italy.
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Papers by Domenica Gisella Calabrò