Queer Italian cultures: journal editorial

Julia Heim, Charlotte Ross, SA Smythe

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Abstract

The editorial includes the Guest Editors’ introductions to their respective areas. Julia Heim, Charlotte Ross, and SA Smythe offer a brief critical contextualization of current and ongoing sociopolitical issues undergirding the question of LGBTQIA+ rights in Italy. They reflect on anti-queer/anti-LGBT discrimination within academia, on intersectional solidarity and activism, and on the developing field of “Queer Italian Studies.” The editorial also provides a summary of the articles contained in the volume,
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)viii-xiv
Number of pages7
JournalGender/sexuality/Italy
Volume2019
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - 31 Aug 2019

Keywords

  • queer
  • Italy
  • culture
  • politics
  • LGBTQIA
  • feminism
  • performativity
  • transnational
  • activism

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