ABOUT

Camil Valerio Ristè is currently a Teaching Tutor and a PhD candidate for the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures of Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, specializing in LGBTQ+ representations in Japanese pop media. His research aims to analyse the development and aesthetic or narrative application of “queerness” in the native Japanese context, using comics and animation as the main reference point to aid his study.