Polyamories in Southern Europe: Critical Perspectives – an Introduction

Abstract

Despite significant social and political changes in personal life in recent decades, the focus of mainstream sociological literature on family has been the heterosexual, monogamous, and reproductive couple. Surprisingly, there is still little research exploring non-conventional relational politics and policies and their impact on intimate biographies in Southern Europe. This Special Section aims at filling this gap by exploring a range of topics concerning the intimate life and politics experienced by consensually non-monogamous lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people (LGBTQ). In so doing, the articles selected for this issue bridge an important gap between LGBTQ studies and non-monogamies, with a particular emphasis on the current political and cultural contexts of Southern European countries.