This chapter reconstructs the interesting biographical story of Gina, a Neapolitan femminiello living in the Spanish Quarter of Naples, through which it becomes possible to trace, in an anthropological perspective, the complex process of construction of gender variant identity in Naples.

In my dream I was always opening a massive doorway. Self-narration and construction of gender variant identity in Naples / Zito, E.. - (2026), pp. 227-245. [10.4324/9781003677635-14]

In my dream I was always opening a massive doorway. Self-narration and construction of gender variant identity in Naples

Eugenio Zito
2026

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This chapter reconstructs the interesting biographical story of Gina, a Neapolitan femminiello living in the Spanish Quarter of Naples, through which it becomes possible to trace, in an anthropological perspective, the complex process of construction of gender variant identity in Naples.
2026
978-1-04-115081-7
In my dream I was always opening a massive doorway. Self-narration and construction of gender variant identity in Naples / Zito, E.. - (2026), pp. 227-245. [10.4324/9781003677635-14]
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