Young actresses’ experiences of work in the Italian theatrical sector

Naclerio, Emanuela

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“…Among the 23 actresses interviewed, two had a child: while the first did not thematise maternity in her interview, the second explicitly connected her positive experience of being a working mother with the economic possibilities of her partner. Women’s position in the working environment, in particular, appears to encounter a milestone during the 30s (Naclerio, 2022a).…”

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Self-entrepreneurship in uncertain futures: The case of performing artists in Italy

Naclerio

2023

International Sociology

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This article contributes to contemporary debates on self-entrepreneurship in cultural work by focusing on project-based theatre actors in Italy. Drawing on in-depth interviews, the study considers performing artists’ narratives of success, unsuccess, and future expectations to shed light on how entrepreneurial projects are negotiated in neoliberal cultural work. The article expands current research by considering how self-entrepreneurial projects are lived out in insecure working environments, taking into account a geographical area and a creative sector often overlooked by studies of creative labour. In a context where precariousness is normalised, actors’ discourses point at the emergence of disaffection towards neoliberal entrepreneurial ideals of autonomy and competition and to the loss of a progressive idea of biographical projects. The research highlights that an ongoing status of insecurity can mine optimistic and entrepreneurial orientations, questioning the sustainability of neoliberal ethos of work as a future-oriented project in times of enhanced insecurity.

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Self-entrepreneurship in uncertain futures: The case of performing artists in Italy

Naclerio

2023

International Sociology

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Spotlight on discrimination at work: Italian actresses’ construction of digital spaces of feminist struggle

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Giorgi

2023

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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The article contributes to the studies of digital spaces and women’s action by analysing the case of Amleta, a collective founded during Covid-19 pandemic by a group of Italian theatre actresses. Using a digital ethnographic approach that combines data coming from Amleta’s Instagram account and in-depth interviews with content creators, this study considers how actresses employ digital spaces to challenge violence and discrimination in the workplace. By looking at actresses’ digital action, the study sheds light on the reinterpretation of #metoo narratives and on the construction of non-conventional digital spaces in the struggle for an equal environment in the cultural and creative industries. Given the centrality of informational activism and communicative labour for Amleta’s activities, we argue that knowledge dissemination becomes a political tool, both challenging the status quo and allowing women to move their experiences from an individualised understanding towards a level of collective awareness. The research accounts for how feminist practices can promote social change beyond branded uses of social media platforms.

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Young actresses’ experiences of work in the Italian theatrical sector

Cited by 2 publications

References 46 publications

Self-entrepreneurship in uncertain futures: The case of performing artists in Italy

Self-entrepreneurship in uncertain futures: The case of performing artists in Italy

Spotlight on discrimination at work: Italian actresses’ construction of digital spaces of feminist struggle

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