Restituire la complessità. Il soggetto trans nella soap Un posto al sole

Abstract

The goal of this contribution will be to analyze the ways in which gender issues are treated within the fiction Un posto al sole. Specifically, the corpus of analysis will be defined around the narrative development of the character of Carla Parisi, a transgender father, who allows fiction to deal with issues such as transsexualism and homogenitoriality. Through a methodology that integrates semiotics of culture, gender studies and audiovisual studies, the semantic universe introduced by Carla will be highlighted, paying particular attention to stereotypes and clichés that characterize the complexity of this subjectivity.

Keywords

• semiotics
• complexity
• soap-opera
• sexuality
• transsexualism