The conference will focus on the exploration of Otherness and its facets (i.e. the Other and the Elsewhere), a topic that could be studied and interpreted from several perspectives such as, for instance, women studies, gender studies, and queer studies. The negotiation and the contamination of identities are crucial traits of the new hybrid identities emerging in the new millennium. Participants will be asked to offer comparative and interdisciplinary analyses pertinent to Italian studies ...