Giuseppe Balirano

 Giuseppe Balirano, PhD in English Linguistics, is Associate Professor in English Language and Translation Studies at the University of Naples L’Orientale. He is the Director of the Research Consortium, I-LanD, which investigates identity, language and diversity in discourse. His current research and publications focus mainly on language, identity, and multimodality, varieties of English and humour, masculinity studies and organised crime. His most recent publications include: Gardaí & Bedfellas. The Discursive Construction of Irish Organised Crime (2017, Napoli: Edizioni Scientifiche); The Discursive Representation of Globalised Organised Crime: Crossing Borders of Languages and Cultures (2017. I-LanD Journal, co-edited with Giuditta Caliendo and Paul Sambre); Queering Masculinities in Language and Culture. Series: Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality. (2017. London: Palgrave Macmillan, co-edited with Paul Baker); Humosexually Speaking (2016. De Genere, co-edited with Delia Chiaro); Languaging Diversity (2015. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, co-edited with Maria Cristina Nisco); Language, Theory and Society(2015. Napoli: Liguori, co-edited with Maria Cristina Nisco); Masculinity and Representation (2014. Napoli: Paolo Loffredo, Iniziative Editoriali), Variation and Varieties in Contexts of English (2012. Anglistica, co-edited with Julia Bamford and Jocelyne Vincent); Indian English on TV (2008. Catania: AG Edizioni).