Anthropology of Gender Variance and Trans Experience in Naples

Marzia Mauriello teaches Medical Anthropology at the University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro (Italy) and is the Scientific Secretary of the Study Centre on Food and Nutrition based at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”. She has published extensively on gender and sexuality, gender variance and trans experience, and on the intersections between food and gender.

• Chapter 1: Introduuction.- Chapter 2: Genders, Inc.: Definitions, Disguises, and Transitions.- Chapter 3: The Neapolitan Femminielli: past and present of a post-modern antiquity.- Chapter 4: Trans Beauty: Mutations, Embodiments, and Collective Images.- Chapter 5: Conclusion.