Queer Women in the East Midlands c.1967-2000: Experience, Space and Identity.

东米德兰兹的酷儿女性 c.1967-2000：经验、空间和身份。

• 批准号: 2738431
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2738431
• 关键词: Queer; Women; East; Midlands; c.1967

This project examines queer women's experiences and spaces in the East Midlands from c.1967-2000. It is a much-needed addition to an established body of work on British queer women's history (Jennings, 2006; Doan, 2001; Oram, 2007) and will be a significant departure from an overwhelming focus on London and the first half of the twentieth century. There are three interlinking objectives motivating the research, which will be investigated using a mix of archival and oral history sources. The research will focus on women who are attracted to women. The first objective is to illuminate the experiences of queer women in the East Midlands. This encompasses a goal to discover the ways in which queer women's experiences of work, relationships, politics, leisure and pleasure have changed in the last decades of the twentieth century. The second objective is to analyse queer women's connections to the spaces they occupied or were excluded from. There is a need to examine what spaces existed to serve queer women, who created them and why. It is also necessary to evaluate how geographical location affected queer women's experiences of same-sex desire. There were many spaces and organisations in the East Midlands that were for all LGBTQ+ people, but it has been acknowledged that women experienced sexism in these spaces (Edgley, 2006). This begs the question of how women navigated their marginalisation within these spaces. The third objective is to interrogate Jennings' assertion that 1971 was a 'turning point in British lesbian history' and the extent to which a 'culture of ambiguity and silence' continued to exist in the following decades (Jennings, 2006). This involves examining the discursive narratives constructed by queer women, exploring the stories that are being told by queer women across the East Midlands about their lives, experiences, spaces and identities.To date work has been focused on conducting a literature review, establishing connections and preparing to conduct oral history interviews. Connections have been made with Notts LGBT+ Network, Nottinghamshire's Rainbow Heritage and the Sparrow's Nest Library and Archive who have allowed access to a collection of relevant and practically unused archival material and oral histories. I have also made contacts within various groups including Leicester LGBT Centre and their oral history project, Nottingham Women's Centre and their archive project, UoN Women's Staff Network and Nottingham BiTopia. The next stage of the project will continue with this as well as further exploring archival material and existing oral histories which record LGBTQ+ women recounting their experiences in the East Midlands. I intend to add to the records by conducting ten interviews in Summer 2022, I already have seven respondents and more advertisements to go out in early 2022. In year 2 oral history interviews will be transcribed and analysed using a grounded theory approach and follow-up interviews conducted as necessary. Writing the thesis will be an ongoing process, I expect to have completed the first draft by the Summer of 2023. The remaining time will be dedicated to redrafting, editing and finalising the thesis.

这个项目考察了1967年至2000年间酷儿女性在东米德兰兹郡的经历和空间。这是一部关于英国酷儿女性历史的著作(Jennings，2006；Doan，2001；Oram，2007)，这是一个亟需的补充，并将显著偏离对伦敦和20世纪上半叶的压倒性关注。这项研究有三个相互关联的目标，将使用档案和口述历史资料进行调查。这项研究将重点关注那些被女性吸引的女性。第一个目标是阐明东米德兰兹郡同性恋女性的经历。这包括一个目标，即发现同性恋女性在工作、人际关系、政治、休闲和娱乐方面的经历在20世纪最后几十年发生了怎样的变化。第二个目标是分析同性恋女性与她们所占据或被排除在外的空间之间的联系。有必要研究一下，有哪些空间是为同性恋女性服务的，是谁创造了这些空间，以及为什么。还有必要评估地理位置如何影响同性恋女性的同性性欲体验。在东米德兰兹郡，有许多空间和组织是为所有LGBTQ+人群提供的，但人们已经承认，女性在这些空间里经历了性别歧视(Edgley，2006)。这就引出了这样一个问题：女性是如何在这些领域中被边缘化的？第三个目标是质疑詹宁斯的断言，1971年是英国女同性恋史上的一个转折点，以及在接下来的几十年里，“模棱两可和沉默的文化”持续存在的程度(Jennings，2006)。这包括考察同性恋女性构建的话语叙事，探索东米德兰兹郡同性恋女性讲述的关于她们的生活、经历、空间和身份的故事。到目前为止，工作的重点是进行文献回顾，建立联系，并准备进行口述历史采访。与诺茨LGBT+网络、诺丁汉郡彩虹遗产和麻雀巢图书馆和档案馆建立了联系，这些机构允许访问相关的、几乎没有使用过的档案材料和口述历史。我还接触了不同的团体，包括莱斯特LGBT中心及其口述历史项目、诺丁汉妇女中心及其档案项目、牛津大学妇女工作人员网络和诺丁汉BiTopia。该项目的下一阶段将继续进行，并进一步探索记录LGBTQ+妇女讲述她们在东米德兰兹郡经历的档案材料和现有口述历史。我打算通过在2022年夏天进行10次采访来增加记录，我已经有7名受访者和更多的广告在2022年初发布。在第二年，口述历史访谈将采用扎实的理论方法进行转录和分析，并在必要时进行后续访谈。撰写论文将是一个持续的过程，我预计在2023年夏天之前完成初稿。剩下的时间将专门用于重新起草、编辑和完成论文。