Queer Italia: Same-sex Desire In Italian Litera... -

The essays in this collection travel through time to highlight how same-sex desire has been negotiated, suppressed, and expressed across various genres:

Unmasking the Invisible: A Journey Through "Queer Italia" For decades, the narrative of Italian culture has often been framed through a strictly heteronormative lens, overshadowed by the dual pillars of Classical tradition and Catholic doctrine. However, the groundbreaking collection of essays, , edited by Gary P. Cestaro , fundamentally disrupts this assumption. Queer Italia: Same-Sex Desire in Italian Litera...

Spanning from the medieval era to the modern day, this volume uncovers a "queer tradition" that has always existed, albeit often hidden in plain sight. Challenging the Heteronormative Myth The essays in this collection travel through time