In ambito zootecnico, la "troia" è la scrofa, la femmina del maiale destinata alla riproduzione.
But for Elena’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Chiara, the pig was something else entirely. While her mother saw only disgrace, Chiara saw a kind of honesty. The sow did not pretend. When it was hungry, it demanded. When it was content, it slept. It was a raw, undeniable presence in a courtyard that had for too long been a stage for social performance. LA TROIA NEL CORTILE