Abstract

This article provides a contextual introduction to the performative lectures that I delivered at the Cruising the 1970s (CRUSEV) conferences in Valencia in April 2018 and Edinburgh in March 2019. These contributions revisited the work of radical drag performers from the United Kingdom and Spain, such as Rampova, Ocaña and Bloolips, alongside that of popular cultural icons of the time. The lectures took the form of antitainment, mixing elements of light entertainment, such as music and video, with socio-political commentary. The aim of the contributions was to compare and contrast the freedoms being explored in the 1970s in the United Kingdom, where the gay liberation movement was in full swing, with the complex reality of Spain, which was emerging from four decades of dictatorship under Franco. The article also situates these lectures in relation to other examples from my wider practice.

摘要

本文提供了背景介绍，介绍了我在2018年4月在巴伦西亚和2019年3月在爱丁堡举行的1970年代克鲁兹（CRUSEV）会议上所作的表演。这些贡献重新审视了英国和西班牙激进表演者的工作，例如如Rampova，Ocaña和Bloolips，以及当时流行的文化偶像。讲座采取反娱乐性的形式，将音乐和视频等轻娱乐元素与社会政治评论相结合。捐款的目的是比较和对比1970年代在英国的同性恋自由运动如火如荼地进行的英国所探索的自由，以及西班牙在弗朗哥（Franco）统治下长达40年的独裁统治下的复杂现实。本文还将这些讲座与我更广泛的实践中的其他示例联系起来。