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Papers by Derek Duncan

Research paper thumbnail of Pier Vittorio Tondelli: An Art of the Body in Resistance?

Italica, 1999

Studies are multiple. Whether the aims are to recover lost histories, redefine notions of sexual ... more Studies are multiple. Whether the aims are to recover lost histories, redefine notions of sexual identity through challenging epistemological categories, or trace the labyrinthine ways in which literary works are structured round the negotiation of homosocial behavior, ...

Research paper thumbnail of Naming the Narrator in la Luna e i Falo

The Modern Language Review, 1991

In compacted form, Pavese restates the idea that reality can be grasped only through the formatio... more In compacted form, Pavese restates the idea that reality can be grasped only through the formation of symbolic structures and that reality itself is a product of those formations. These structures are activated by memory which is both personal and archaic. Meaning, for him, results ...

Research paper thumbnail of Corporeal Histories: The Autobiographical Bodies of Luisa Passerini

The Modern Language Review, 1998

One of the most challenging aspects of contemporary autobiographical writing, and theoretical ref... more One of the most challenging aspects of contemporary autobiographical writing, and theoretical reflection on it, has been the attempt to bring bodies back into the text. It is an attempt that seeks to see the self and the body as historical entities. The concern with embodiment has ...

Research paper thumbnail of Reading and Writing Italian Homosexuality: A Case of Possible Difference

The Modern Language Review, 2007

... Later, Italy became a magnet for the well-heeled tourist, lured to the peninsula by the promi... more ... Later, Italy became a magnet for the well-heeled tourist, lured to the peninsula by the promise of homoerotic delight, all the more worthwhile on Page 14. 4 Reading and Writing Italian Homosexuality account of the aesthetic frame which the country's artistic patrimony conferred. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Double Time: Facing The Future in Migration’s Past

California Italian Studies, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Kledi Kadiu: Managing Postcolonial Celebrity

Research paper thumbnail of Italian Colonialism: Historical Perspectives

... a sense of Italian identity. Uoldelul Chelati Dirar investigates the complexity ofchurch–stat... more ... a sense of Italian identity. Uoldelul Chelati Dirar investigates the complexity ofchurch–state relations during the early period of the Italian colonial presence inEritrea (1890–1911). Looking at missionary intervention in north ...

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction (Cultural Encounters. European Travel Writing in the 1930s)

Research paper thumbnail of Solemn Geographies: AIDS and the Contours of Autobiography

a/b: Auto/Biography Studies, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Kledi Kadiu: Italian National Cinema and Postcolonial Stardom

Research paper thumbnail of Memories and Legacies of Italian Colonialism

Andall, J. and Duncan, D., 2005. Memories and Legacies of Italian Colonialism. In: Andall, J. and... more Andall, J. and Duncan, D., 2005. Memories and Legacies of Italian Colonialism. In: Andall, J. and Duncan, D., eds. Italian Colonialism: Legacy and Memory. Bern/Oxford: Peter Lang, 9--28. ... This repository does not currently have the full-text of this item. You may be able ...

Research paper thumbnail of Gestes autobiographiques: le sida et les formes d'expressions artistiques du moi

Nottingham French Studies, 1995

Research paper thumbnail of Italian Studies: Cultural Studies

Research paper thumbnail of Choice Objects: The Bodies of Gabriele D'Annunzio

Italian Studies, 1997

In recent years the question of gender has become central to debates on culture and cultural hist... more In recent years the question of gender has become central to debates on culture and cultural history. Grounded in the work done by feminist scholars in the 70S and early 80S, these debates ask different questions regarding the nature of gender itself as it pertains to both men and ...

Research paper thumbnail of Lifting the Veil: Metaphors of Exclusion in Il Gattopardo

Forum for Modern Language Studies, 1993

... The success of her entry to Donnafugata is undermined by the author's intervention: ... more ... The success of her entry to Donnafugata is undermined by the author's intervention: "Sotto l'im-peto della sua bellezza gli uomini ... Don Ciccio's admiring evalu-ation of her is ironised: '"e diventata una vera signora', continuava don Ciccio che era insensibile alle sfumature 'una ...

Research paper thumbnail of Shooting the past in contemporary italian cinema

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Jacqueline Andall and Derek Duncan, eds, Italian Colonialism: Legacy and Memory, Peter Lang: Bern and New York, 2005; 301 pp.; 3039103261, $59.95 (pbk

European History Quarterly, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Loving Geographies’: queering straight migration to Italy

New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, 2009

Abstract This article looks at male migration to Italy from Eastern Europe in a range of recent f... more Abstract This article looks at male migration to Italy from Eastern Europe in a range of recent films through the prism of Queer Theory. The men who feature in these films are not gay, but their representation constructs a non-normative heterosex-ual subject whose presence in ...

Research paper thumbnail of Photography and Empire: history and fascism

The Journal of Romance Studies, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Stairway to heaven: Ferzan �zpetek and the revision of Italy

New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Pier Vittorio Tondelli: An Art of the Body in Resistance?

Italica, 1999

Studies are multiple. Whether the aims are to recover lost histories, redefine notions of sexual ... more Studies are multiple. Whether the aims are to recover lost histories, redefine notions of sexual identity through challenging epistemological categories, or trace the labyrinthine ways in which literary works are structured round the negotiation of homosocial behavior, ...

Research paper thumbnail of Naming the Narrator in la Luna e i Falo

The Modern Language Review, 1991

In compacted form, Pavese restates the idea that reality can be grasped only through the formatio... more In compacted form, Pavese restates the idea that reality can be grasped only through the formation of symbolic structures and that reality itself is a product of those formations. These structures are activated by memory which is both personal and archaic. Meaning, for him, results ...

Research paper thumbnail of Corporeal Histories: The Autobiographical Bodies of Luisa Passerini

The Modern Language Review, 1998

One of the most challenging aspects of contemporary autobiographical writing, and theoretical ref... more One of the most challenging aspects of contemporary autobiographical writing, and theoretical reflection on it, has been the attempt to bring bodies back into the text. It is an attempt that seeks to see the self and the body as historical entities. The concern with embodiment has ...

Research paper thumbnail of Reading and Writing Italian Homosexuality: A Case of Possible Difference

The Modern Language Review, 2007

... Later, Italy became a magnet for the well-heeled tourist, lured to the peninsula by the promi... more ... Later, Italy became a magnet for the well-heeled tourist, lured to the peninsula by the promise of homoerotic delight, all the more worthwhile on Page 14. 4 Reading and Writing Italian Homosexuality account of the aesthetic frame which the country's artistic patrimony conferred. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Double Time: Facing The Future in Migration’s Past

California Italian Studies, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Kledi Kadiu: Managing Postcolonial Celebrity

Research paper thumbnail of Italian Colonialism: Historical Perspectives

... a sense of Italian identity. Uoldelul Chelati Dirar investigates the complexity ofchurch–stat... more ... a sense of Italian identity. Uoldelul Chelati Dirar investigates the complexity ofchurch–state relations during the early period of the Italian colonial presence inEritrea (1890–1911). Looking at missionary intervention in north ...

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction (Cultural Encounters. European Travel Writing in the 1930s)

Research paper thumbnail of Solemn Geographies: AIDS and the Contours of Autobiography

a/b: Auto/Biography Studies, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Kledi Kadiu: Italian National Cinema and Postcolonial Stardom

Research paper thumbnail of Memories and Legacies of Italian Colonialism

Andall, J. and Duncan, D., 2005. Memories and Legacies of Italian Colonialism. In: Andall, J. and... more Andall, J. and Duncan, D., 2005. Memories and Legacies of Italian Colonialism. In: Andall, J. and Duncan, D., eds. Italian Colonialism: Legacy and Memory. Bern/Oxford: Peter Lang, 9--28. ... This repository does not currently have the full-text of this item. You may be able ...

Research paper thumbnail of Gestes autobiographiques: le sida et les formes d'expressions artistiques du moi

Nottingham French Studies, 1995

Research paper thumbnail of Italian Studies: Cultural Studies

Research paper thumbnail of Choice Objects: The Bodies of Gabriele D'Annunzio

Italian Studies, 1997

In recent years the question of gender has become central to debates on culture and cultural hist... more In recent years the question of gender has become central to debates on culture and cultural history. Grounded in the work done by feminist scholars in the 70S and early 80S, these debates ask different questions regarding the nature of gender itself as it pertains to both men and ...

Research paper thumbnail of Lifting the Veil: Metaphors of Exclusion in Il Gattopardo

Forum for Modern Language Studies, 1993

... The success of her entry to Donnafugata is undermined by the author's intervention: ... more ... The success of her entry to Donnafugata is undermined by the author's intervention: "Sotto l'im-peto della sua bellezza gli uomini ... Don Ciccio's admiring evalu-ation of her is ironised: '"e diventata una vera signora', continuava don Ciccio che era insensibile alle sfumature 'una ...

Research paper thumbnail of Shooting the past in contemporary italian cinema

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Jacqueline Andall and Derek Duncan, eds, Italian Colonialism: Legacy and Memory, Peter Lang: Bern and New York, 2005; 301 pp.; 3039103261, $59.95 (pbk

European History Quarterly, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Loving Geographies’: queering straight migration to Italy

New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, 2009

Abstract This article looks at male migration to Italy from Eastern Europe in a range of recent f... more Abstract This article looks at male migration to Italy from Eastern Europe in a range of recent films through the prism of Queer Theory. The men who feature in these films are not gay, but their representation constructs a non-normative heterosex-ual subject whose presence in ...

Research paper thumbnail of Photography and Empire: history and fascism

The Journal of Romance Studies, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Stairway to heaven: Ferzan �zpetek and the revision of Italy

New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, 2005