Abstract

The subject of this conversation is the ‘queer seventies’ as told through a heterogeneous scene of independent journalism and the burgeoning field of screen theory in Britain. Mandy Merck, who was there, and Laura Guy, who was not, explore the cultural practices coming out of the Women’s and Gay Liberation Movements against a backdrop of political reform – including the Sexual Offences Act 1967, the Abortion Act of the same year, and the Equal Pay Act 1970. Turning to Merck’s work as an editor and cultural critic at Time Out, the discussion foregrounds independent print and contemporary cinema as intersecting contexts through which the theoretical insights associated with screen theory emerged. Also considered is whether the British roots of queer theory can be located in this period or, indeed, if the various deviations and conversions discussed might offer directions toward a different horizon of thought and politics.

摘要

对话的主题是“奇怪的七十年代”，这是通过独立新闻业的异质场景和英国蓬勃发展的屏幕理论领域来讲述的。曼迪·默克（Mandy Merck）和劳拉·盖伊（Laura Guy）不在场，他们是在政治改革的背景下探索妇女和同性恋解放运动产生的文化习俗的，包括1967年的《性犯罪法》，同年的《堕胎法》，以及《 1970年同工同酬法》（Equal Pay Act 1970）。在默克（Time Out）担任默克的编辑和文化评论家，讨论的重点是将独立的印刷品和当代电影作为相交的背景，通过这些背景出现了与屏幕理论相关的理论见解。还考虑的是英国酷儿理论的根源是否可以定位在这个时期，或者实际上，所讨论的各种背离和转变是否可以为朝着不同的思想和政治视野提供方向。