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Working-Class LGBTQ+ Representation in British Cinema

英国电影中的工薪阶层 LGBTQ 代表

基本信息

批准号：
AH/S001247/1
负责人：
Leanne Dawson
金额：
$ 23.26万
依托单位：
University of Edinburgh
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2019 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FS001247%2F1
关键词：
Working Class LGBTQ+Representation British

项目摘要

Rights granted to same-sex couples across Britain and much of the Western world in recent years focus on the conservative values of family and (inheritable) finances, primarily benefitting those most socio-economically privileged and normative on the LGBTQ+ spectrum and somewhat neglecting the most vulnerable LGBTQ+ subjects. Identities and lifestyles are normalized or demonized to suit agendas, social and political. Beyond gender and sexuality, the needs of people on the margins are often relegated in favour of the mainstream/privileged (think: Grenfell Tower). Why, then, is this project concerned with LGBTQ+ working-class representation? Because the screen does not just provide entertainment, but is also a significant socio-political tool to inform and influence opinion about identity, our own and how we view others. While there is an increase in positive gay representation, in keeping with aforementioned changes, other subjects on the LGBTQ+ spectrum and the working-class are often demonised or patronised. This timely project builds on my existing research on queer representation and impact arising from this, as a filmmaker and Chair of the Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF). It will fill three significant gaps in academic research (theoretical; textual analysis; qualitative analysis): creating new theory on queer working-class identities; applying this to read the intersection of working-class and LGBTQ+ identities and lifestyles in British film from 1980; collecting data on working-class LGBTQ+ people's opinions on such representation onscreen.Two publications from this Fellowship, a monograph, Poor Queers: Working-Class LGBTQ+ Representation in British Film from 1980, and a journal article within a special journal issue I will edit, will fill lacunae in queer theory and Film Studies for the first - textual analysis - strand of the project. Since the new millennium, there has been a significant focus on the interface of queer theory and other minority/disadvantaged identities, but work on class/socio-economic position is largely absent. My research will situate queer concepts socio-politically and economically, to create an interdisciplinary theory. I illustrate this through the medium of film to provide the first book-length study on LGBTQ+ and working-class identity on the British screen.The second strand of research comprises a series of workshops at queer film festivals across Britain (Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, London), in which I gather data from those who identify as LGBTQ+ and working-class about attitudes to onscreen representation and how they are catered to offscreen in arts venues traditionally used by the middle-class and above. This quantitative analysis will form the first study of its kind: a journal article exploring British LGBTQ+ working-class attitudes to filmic representation and inclusion in the arts. The project will, therefore, explore representation and reality, and ensure I develop as a research leader via new knowledge, outputs, and the Queer Screens Research Network that I will continue to grow throughout the Fellowship and beyond. QSRN unites scholars across a range of disciplines with those who curate and make film, via a series of seminars and a conference immediately before SQIFF 2020. Both will have Working-Class Queers as their lead strand and be used as a springboard to launch a Working-Class Film Festival at the end of the Fellowship.In line with my dedication to impacting the world beyond academia and improving attitudes towards and the lived reality of minorities, other non-academic outputs will include a documentary film about queer working-class representation to be screened at film festivals, and best practice documents on working-class representation and inclusion to be employed by film festivals, arts venues, and funding bodies. I will share much of this information freely, within and beyond academia, via a project website.

近年来，英国和西方世界大部分地区授予同性伴侣的权利集中在家庭和（可继承）财务的保守价值观上，主要受益于那些在LGBTQ+频谱上最具社会经济特权和规范性的人，并在某种程度上忽视了最脆弱的LGBTQ+主体。身份和生活方式被正常化或妖魔化，以适应社会和政治议程。除了性别和性，边缘人群的需求往往被主流/特权阶层所忽视（想想格伦费尔大厦）。那么，为什么这个项目与LGBTQ+工人阶级代表有关？因为屏幕不仅提供娱乐，而且还是一个重要的社会政治工具，可以告知和影响关于身份，我们自己以及我们如何看待他人的意见。虽然积极的同性恋代表性有所增加，但与上述变化保持一致，LGBTQ+光谱和工人阶级的其他主题经常被妖魔化或光顾。这个及时的项目建立在我对酷儿代表性和由此产生的影响的现有研究的基础上，作为一名电影制片人和苏格兰酷儿国际电影节（SQIFF）的主席。它将填补学术研究中的三个重大空白（理论;文本分析;定性分析）：创造关于酷儿工人阶级身份的新理论;应用这一理论来解读1980年以来英国电影中工人阶级和LGBTQ+身份和生活方式的交集;收集关于工人阶级LGBTQ+人对这种表现的意见的数据。从1980年起，英国电影中的工人阶级LGBTQ+代表，以及我将编辑的特殊期刊中的一篇期刊文章，将填补酷儿理论和电影研究的空白，用于该项目的第一个文本分析链。自新千年以来，酷儿理论和其他少数民族/弱势身份的界面一直受到重视，但阶级/社会经济地位的工作基本上是缺席的。我的研究将使社会政治和经济的概念更加复杂，以创建一个跨学科的理论。我通过电影这一媒介来说明这一点，以提供第一本书的长度研究LGBTQ+和工人阶级的身份在英国屏幕上。第二链的研究包括一系列研讨会在英国各地的酷儿电影节（卡迪夫，格拉斯哥，利兹，伦敦），我从那些认同为LGBTQ+的人那里收集数据，这堂课是关于对艺术表现的态度，以及他们是如何在中产阶级及以上阶层传统使用的艺术场所中迎合银幕外的需求的。这项定量分析将成为同类研究中的第一项：一篇期刊文章，探讨英国LGBTQ+工人阶级对电影表现和艺术包容的态度。因此，该项目将探索代表性和现实，并确保我通过新知识，产出和酷儿屏幕研究网络发展成为研究领导者，我将在整个奖学金及以后继续成长。QSRN通过一系列研讨会和SQIFF 2020之前的会议，将一系列学科的学者与策划和制作电影的人联系起来。这两个项目都将以《工人阶级酷儿》为主线，并作为在奖学金结束时启动工人阶级电影节的跳板。我致力于影响学术界以外的世界，改善对少数群体的态度和生活现实，其他非学术成果将包括一部关于酷儿工人阶级代表性的纪录片，将在电影节上放映，以及关于工人阶级代表性和包容性的最佳实践文件，供电影节、艺术场所和资助机构使用。我将通过一个项目网站，在学术界内外自由分享这些信息。