This article introduces Queer Meridionalist Thought as a theoretical and political framework for interrogating the colonial and cis-heteropatriarchal world-system. By critically re-signifying the 20th-century Southern Question discourse, this perspective seeks to reconceptualize Southern Italy through feminist and queer methodologies, situating itself within broader decolonial and postcolonial debates. The article outlines the core tenets of Queer Meridionalist Thought, mapping key scholarly contributions alongside the emergence of political and cultural actors in Italy. While discussions linking decolonial approaches to Southern Italy with queerness and gender issues have gained traction in activist and cultural spaces, academic engagement with this topic remains limited. This research aims to establish Queer Meridionalist Thought as a legitimate and autonomous field of inquiry, contributing to its theoretical and methodological consolidation.
1.Genere, sessualità e Meridione: Verso una mappatura politica e teorica del meridionalismo queer
