Spartacus magazine and the commercial-political nexus of Gay Liberation

IF 0.6 2区历史学 Q1 HISTORY

Contemporary British History Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI:10.1080/13619462.2022.2053845

Gil Engelstein

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Spartacus magazine (1969–1972) was one of Britain’s first openly gay periodicals. This essay explores the early career of its publisher, John D. Stamford, to argue for the constitutive role of gay entrepreneurs and transnational erotic commercial networks in articulating queer politics in Britain following the 1967 Sexual Offences Act. An examination of the reception of Stamford’s commercial and political work suggests that gay male consumption preceded political mobilisation rather than followed in its tracks. More so, that consumerism provided a shared vocabulary and an important platform on which a diverse readership coalesced around a set of contradictory political dictums on what constituted ‘proper’ sexual and gender expression.

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斯巴达克斯杂志和同性恋解放的商业政治关系

摘要《斯巴达克斯》杂志（1969–1972）是英国最早公开同性恋的期刊之一。这篇文章探讨了出版商约翰·D·斯坦福德的早期职业生涯，为同性恋企业家和跨国色情商业网络在1967年《性犯罪法》颁布后阐明英国酷儿政治中的组成角色辩护。对斯坦福德商业和政治作品的受欢迎程度的研究表明，男同性恋消费先于政治动员，而不是紧随其后。更重要的是，消费主义提供了一个共享的词汇和一个重要的平台，在这个平台上，不同的读者围绕着一系列相互矛盾的政治格言团结在一起，这些政治格言关于什么是“适当的”性和性别表达。

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Contemporary British History HISTORY-

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1.40

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