Tag: Southern Italy

1.Genere, sessualità e Meridione: Verso una mappatura politica e teorica del meridionalismo queer

by Valentina Amenta

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.

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7.A Queer Perspective on the Italian South? Some Methodological Notes; or, How to Read as a Southern Queer

by Goffredo Polizzi

This article develops a queer methodology to rethink Southern Italy by examining the intertwined histories of Italian emigration and colonialism, focusing on their gendered and sexualized dimensions. Challenging nationalist narratives, it foregrounds marginalized identities and destabilizes binaries such as Italian/foreigner and insider/outsider. By connecting internal and external colonial memories through a transnational lens, the approach engages with contemporary Italy’s migrant realities and social transformations. It offers a critical framework that fosters solidarity and deepens understandings of Southern Italy’s past,

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8.Within and Beyond the Queer Italian South: A Conversation with Francesca Romana Ammaturo

by Francesca Romana Ammaturo, Paola Bonifazio and Alice Parrinello

This conversation explores Dr. Francesca Romana Ammaturo’s practice, stemming from her work on queerness in Apulia. It tackles key questions related to a new understanding of queerness in the South, such as the politics of (un)detectability, activism, the tension between being an insider/outsider, and tourism. At the same time, it touches upon academia, its taxonomizing tendencies, its contribution to activism, and its potential acts of critical fabulation.

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