{"id":20619,"date":"2025-10-15T17:17:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rainbook.it\/?p=20619"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:05:00","slug":"g-covella-e-g-p-leonardi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rainbook.it\/en\/g-covella-e-g-p-leonardi\/2025-edition\/10\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"G. Covella e G. P. Leonardi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20619\" class=\"elementor elementor-20619 elementor-20357\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28d7c663 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"28d7c663\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e19a4fd\" data-id=\"6e19a4fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8814cb e-grid elementor-hidden-mobile e-con-boxed wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d8814cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3fad65 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f3fad65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef478c7 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef478c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-024cedf elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"024cedf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who moderates?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66bbd82 elementor-view-default elementor-position-block-start elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"66bbd82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-map-marker-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVia Falzarego n\u00b035, Cagliari.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-565d437 elementor-view-default elementor-position-block-start elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"565d437\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSunday, 26 October 2025, 5:00 p.m.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23be275 elementor-view-default elementor-position-block-start elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"23be275\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cc0dc2 elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cc0dc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sunday, 26 October 2025, 5:00 p.m., Via Falzarego No. 35, Cagliari.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f7b1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96f7b1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Rainbook festival presents:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24c68147 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24c68147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Queer e ora <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29da48e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29da48e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Of<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b28ee4 notranslate elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66b28ee4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">G. Covella e G. P. Leonardi<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a88b33c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a88b33c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/rainbook.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/queer_e_ora_copertina_libro__gian_pietro_leonardi_e_giancarlo_covella.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-20382\" alt=\"Copertina del saggio \u2018Queer e ora. Corpi, spazi e temporalit\u00e0 oltre l\u2019arcobaleno\u2019 a cura di Giancarlo Covella e Gian Pietro Leonardi, con illustrazione di mani intrecciate su fondo scuro.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rainbook.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/queer_e_ora_copertina_libro__gian_pietro_leonardi_e_giancarlo_covella.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rainbook.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/queer_e_ora_copertina_libro__gian_pietro_leonardi_e_giancarlo_covella-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89f5808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89f5808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sociology<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e63b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6e63b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pages: 260<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f0dd3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"7f0dd3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">[atlasvoice]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7de4cdf elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"7de4cdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1320\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1320\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h2 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read the description <\/h2><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book-open\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1320\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-371d4bb e-con-full e-flex wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"371d4bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9903c5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9903c5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What does it mean to be queer in Italy today? What are the forms, languages and forms of resistance used to construct and assert one&#8217;s identity in a context that is still largely heteronormative? Queer e ora explores queerness as knowledge, experience and representation, questioning the critical and transformative potential of sexual identity from a non-conformist perspective. Through a series of interviews \u2013 with Nicoz Balboa, Anas Chariai, Jean Philippe Porcu Duffresne (aka DJ Lil&#8217; Jean), Nicola Gardini, Dani Martiri, Piergiorgio Pardo, Antonio Pizzo, Gianni \u201cGianOrso\u201d Rauso, Giuseppe Vincenzo Sciarra, Anna Segre, Piero Toto, Fabio Vittorini, Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto, and Andrea Zardi \u2013 the book highlights a choral dialogue that reflects on the political nature of being queer, the risk of assimilation into mainstream discourse, and the urgency of new narratives. A polyphonic map that, starting from the present, attempts to imagine what it might mean to call oneself queer in the future that awaits us.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05899a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05899a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Synopsis source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mimesisedizioni.it\/libro\/9791222320908\">Mimesisedizioni.it<\/a><\/p><p>Publication date: 12 September 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89b13e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"89b13e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Poster<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e19442f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e19442f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/rainbook.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/giancarlo_covella_e_giancarlo_leonardi_locandina_rainbook_2025-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20331\" alt=\"Locandina Rainbook Festival per la presentazione di \u2018Queer e ora\u2019 di Giancarlo Covella e Gian Pietro Leonardi, con ritratti degli autori e data 26 ottobre ore 17:00 a Cagliari.\" 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d854ffb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Presentation images<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eb6617 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5eb6617\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/rainbook.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/grazie-per-la-pazienza-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14928\" alt=\"Graphic design \u2018Thank you for your patience\u2019 with Rainbook logo, bilingual text announcing the forthcoming publication of photographs on a blue 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target=&quot;_blank&quot;>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"notranslate\">Eleonora C. 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The Rainbook festival presents: Queer e ora Of Sociology Pages: 260 [atlasvoice] Read the description What does it mean to be queer in Italy today? What are the forms, languages and forms of resistance used to construct and assert one&#8217;s identity in a context that is still largely heteronormative? Queer e ora explores queerness as knowledge, experience and representation, questioning the critical and transformative potential of sexual identity from a non-conformist perspective. Through a series of interviews \u2013 with Nicoz Balboa, Anas Chariai, Jean Philippe Porcu Duffresne (aka DJ Lil&#8217; Jean), Nicola Gardini, Dani Martiri, Piergiorgio Pardo, Antonio Pizzo, Gianni \u201cGianOrso\u201d Rauso, Giuseppe Vincenzo Sciarra, Anna Segre, Piero Toto, Fabio Vittorini, Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto, and Andrea Zardi \u2013 the book highlights a choral dialogue that reflects on the political nature of being queer, the risk of assimilation into mainstream discourse, and the urgency of new narratives. A polyphonic map that, starting from the present, attempts to imagine what it might mean to call oneself queer in the future that awaits us. What does it mean to be queer in Italy today? What are the forms, languages and forms of resistance used to construct and assert one&#8217;s identity in a context that is still largely heteronormative? Queer e ora explores queerness as knowledge, experience and representation, questioning the critical and transformative potential of sexual identity from a non-conformist perspective. Through a series of interviews \u2013 with Nicoz Balboa, Anas Chariai, Jean Philippe Porcu Duffresne (aka DJ Lil&#8217; Jean), Nicola Gardini, Dani Martiri, Piergiorgio Pardo, Antonio Pizzo, Gianni \u201cGianOrso\u201d Rauso, Giuseppe Vincenzo Sciarra, Anna Segre, Piero Toto, Fabio Vittorini, Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto, and Andrea Zardi \u2013 the book highlights a choral dialogue that reflects on the political nature of being queer, the risk of assimilation into mainstream discourse, and the urgency of new narratives. A polyphonic map that, starting from the present, attempts to imagine what it might mean to call oneself queer in the future that awaits us. Synopsis source: Mimesisedizioni.it Publication date: 12 September 2025 Poster Presentation images About the authors&#8230; Gian Pietro Leonardi is an Italian researcher and literary critic specialising in gender studies and LGBTQ+ literature. He is the founder of the Queerographies project, dedicated to promoting and mapping contemporary Italian queer fiction. He has published essays such as L&#8217;arte del desiderio (The Art of Desire) and works as a translator and editorial curator. He actively participates in the cultural debate on identity, desire and representation in the arts. Giancarlo Covella is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Bergamo, where he teaches translation, English language and comparative literature. His research interests include queer studies, ballroom culture and the representation of identities in the arts and media. He has published academic essays and the book Dickens e il realismo ottocentesco (Dickens and Nineteenth-Century Realism). 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