Queer Premises

LGBTQ+ Venues in London Since the 1980s

Prof. Ben Campkin (University College London, UK)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
24 August 2023

British & Irish history; Social & cultural history; Gender studies, gender groups; Gay & Lesbian studies; Gender & the law

Queer premises provide vital social and cultural infrastructure – a queer infrastructure – connecting different generations and locations, facilitating the movement of resources, across and beyond the city.

Queer Premises offers evidence for how London’s diverse LGBTQ+ populations have embedded themselves into urban space, systems and resources. It sets out to understand how, across their different material dimensions, bars, cafés, nightclubs, pubs, community centres, and hybrids of these typologies, have been imagined, created and sustained. From the 1980s to the present, Campkin asks how, where, and why these venues have been established, how they operate and the purposes they serve, what challenges they face and why they close down.

By: Prof. Ben Campkin (University College London UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350324862
ISBN 10: 1350324868
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 24 August 2023
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of contents List of figures List of abbreviations Queer Premises Chapter 1 Queer infrastructure Chapter 2 Perverted purposes Chapter 3 Mainstreaming pride Chapter 4 Rupture and repair Chapter 5 Seeking closure Chapter 6 Sui generis Chapter 7 Macho city Chapter 8 Pandemic premises About the author Acknowledgments

Ben Campkin is the author of Remaking London: Decline and Regeneration in London, which in 2014 won the Urban Communication Foundation Jane Jacobs Award and was Commended in the Royal Institute for British Architects President’s Awards for Research. Ben is Professor of History and Theory of Architecture and Urbanism at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, UK, and Co-Director of UCL’s Urban Laboratory.

Reviews for Queer Premises: LGBTQ+ Venues in London Since the 1980s

This terrific book deftly unpicks the shifting and unequal forces - from LGBTQ+ activism to clunky planning processes and neo-liberal urban redevelopment - that have affected the survival or closure of London's queer venues since the 1980s. Professor Campkin's fine-grained and authoritative analysis illuminates our understanding of London's queer nightlife and will reshape queer urban studies. * Alison Oram, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, UK * In these pages lives a network of places that scale up into structures of urban governance, planning, and queer infrastructure in London. The clever move to examine the heritage values of these LGBTQ+ venues enables Campkin to show the collectivist project of placemaking initiatives. An absolute tour de force. * Amin Ghaziani, Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia *