boiler by Class 2A, G1. In their analysis, students reflect on what defines the normative ideal of female body for women in general and girls in particular, discussing how beauty canons are imposed on female bodies since a young age, and how female bodies who do not conform to these normative canons are targeted by derogatory words – such as ‘boiler’ and ‘golem’, which is here jointly analyzed –, as well as by processes of exclusion and discrimination both in-person and online.
n-word by Class 2A, G2. How is the n-word perceived by Italian teenagers? How is it used within their peer interactions? From its colonial legacy to the contemporary reappropriations in hip hop tracks, students analyze how this derogatory word has travelled across violent discriminations and oppressions to acquire different significations according to the diverse contexts, speakers, and recipients. The students will finally focus on its present meanings in the Italian youth context, also presenting examples of reappropriations and subversions.
