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Iperstoria, Iss 27 (2026)
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ISSN 2281-4582 · Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona · 860 articles in the index
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Female Identity in Translation
This essay aims to bridge the gap between gender, periodical, and translation studies by adopting an interdisciplinary approach that emphasises the role of language and translation in the discursive construction of female identity in women’s magazines when these texts are transferred into other…
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Voices Against the Majority
Although often perceived as carrying little authoritative influence, dissenting judicial opinions are increasingly recognised as critical instruments where judges articulate alternative legal interpretations that may become future doctrine. This forward-looking function creates a distinctive…
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Masculinity, Identity and Mental Health in the Digital Age
Social media platforms have emerged as prominent spaces for individuals with mental health issues to share personal experiences, seek information and peer support (Naslund et al. 2020; Bucci, Schwannauer and Berry 2019; Berry et al. 2017). These digital environments facilitate open discussions…
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The Pool as Page
This essay offers a critical analysis of John Cheever’s “The Swimmer” (1964), proposing a conceptual frame that establishes a structural isomorphism between the acts of swimming and writing. Both are construed as disciplined, rhythmically regulated practices that demand a delicate balance between…
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The Impossibility of Being a Woman
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie film (2023) has attracted much attention within and outside of academia, although research from a linguistic perspective has not to date been extensive. Barbie is a satirical, subversive comedy and key themes include patriarchy, feminism, gender roles, beauty standards…
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Discourse Markers in National and European Parliamentary Debates
Parliamentary discourse follows both cooperative and conflict-driven communication strategies. This paper explores whether and how such intents are pursued by discourse markers (DMs) in parliamentary speeches. To this aim, four types of DMs in national and European parliamentary debates are focused…
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Framing the Generations
This study investigates the linguistic construction of generational personae and how they are framed in news discourse. To achieve this, a corpus of British newspaper articles has been collected and analysed using corpus-based methodologies (Baker 2023; Egbert and Baker 2020; Egbert et al. 2020…
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(Anti)Heroes and Imaginative Frontiers
Despite not conforming to a traditional Western story, John Fante’s second novel Ask the Dust (1939) re-evokes and subverts traditional tropes and symbols associated with the history and mythology of the American West and its quintessential spatial dimension of the Frontier. Focusing on its…
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RECENSIONE di "Italian American Poetics of Place" di Sabrina Vellucci
Il volume di Sabrina Vellucci, Italian American Poetics of Place, esplora, attraverso un’attenta indagine incentrata sulla poetica del luogo, il rapporto fertile e significativo tra scrittura diasporica e istanze ambientaliste nella letteratura italiana americana, dalla metà del ventesimo secolo al…
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Gendering Political Representation
Organizations that offer targeted political campaign training for women tackle the issue of women’s underrepresentation in US politics. They do so by offering practical training programs whose goal is to encourage women to get involved in public life and make their voices heard in the political…
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Keep on Smiling Ladies!
The prominence of tradwives (a shortening for “traditional wife”) on social media has lately risen. This group is characterised by their embodiment of the Christian conservative ideal of femininity and their successful use of the multimodal affordances of social media. For this reason, tradwives…
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Resilient Women and the ‘She-Cession’
This article discusses gender mainstreaming – the institutionalization of a gender equality dimension in policy-making – in recent EU policy discourse, focusing on Ursula von der Leyen’s first mandate as President of the European Commission (2019-2024) and the consequences of the coronavirus…
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An Interview with Brian K. Barber
This contribution provides a reflection on life writing in contexts of conflict and violence through an interview with Professor Emeritus Brian K. Barber (University of Tennessee), who published a book offering first-hand insight about life in Gaza during the Israeli occupation and the genocide.
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Generazioni a confronto: East of Eden tra riscrittura biblica, sibling rivalry e virilità
The article focuses on the Trask family and on the parallels between the two generations of Trask brothers and the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Steinbeck’s rewriting of this episode elicits a reframing of the meaning of such a story, proposing a new reading of Cain as a penitent rather than as…
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Midlife Prosodies at the Age-Gender Interface
Middle age remains an understudied life stage, as research has long prioritised the young-old divide and sidelined the middle decades despite their centrality in the life course. Although recent scholarly and cultural debates suggest renewed interest in this period, these developments coexist with…
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Femininities and Masculinities across Contemporary Discourses
Introduction to the Special Issue "Languaging and Representing Femininities and Masculinities."
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English for Legal Studies. Giulia Adriana Pennisi
Review of English for Legal Studies by Giulia Adriana Pennisi.
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Anti-feminist Conspiracist Identities in the Manosphere
The manosphere, a network of anti-feminist online communities, has raised concerns over its misogynist extremism and violence. Several manosphere-related communities feature conspiracist attitudes framing men as victims of feminist oppression. This paper presents a pilot analysis focused on…
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Il romanzo americano. Storia, forme, canoni. A cura di Giorgio Mariani
Recensione de Il romanzo americano, a cura di Giorgio Mariani.
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Religious Tourism in a Key Multimodal Discourse Analysis Perspective
In the last few decades, religious tourism has become a relevant sector for the international tourism industry, with pilgrimages counting 240 million travelers per year. These figures increase during specific events, as is the case with the Catholic Jubilee, which was held in Rome in 2025. In order…