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The London Turn

The London Turn M a r k W. T u r n e r ifty years ago, th e W o lfe n d e n C om m ittee de live red th e ir rep ort re co m m en din g th a t private sexual relations between som e men be decrim inalized in the UK, and fo rty years ago, these recom m en datio ns fin a lly became la w in th e Sexual Offences Act o f 1967. It is an appro pria te anniversary m om e nt, then, to be reflecting on the h is to ry o f queer life in London, and M att Houlbrook's excellent and richly generative study provides a w e lco m e o p p o rtu n ity to do so. As it happens, the h is to ry o f queer London has tended to be to ld m o s tly by sto ryte lle rs, n o t histo ria ns. Q uentin Crisp's frank account o f pansy life in 1940s London, A la n H o lling - hurst's unpe eling o f th e layers o f http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png English Language Notes Duke University Press

The London Turn

Turner, Mark W.; Garrity, Jane
English Language Notes , Volume 45 (2) – Sep 1, 2007
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Copyright © 2007 Regents of the University of Colorado
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0013-8282
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10.1215/00138282-45.2.183
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M a r k W. T u r n e r ifty years ago, th e W o lfe n d e n C om m ittee de live red th e ir rep ort re co m m en din g th a t private sexual relations between som e men be decrim inalized in the UK, and fo rty years ago, these recom m en datio ns fin a lly became la w in th e Sexual Offences Act o f 1967. It is an appro pria te anniversary m om e nt, then, to be reflecting on the h is to ry o f queer life in London, and M att Houlbrook's excellent and richly generative study provides a w e lco m e o p p o rtu n ity to do so. As it happens, the h is to ry o f queer London has tended to be to ld m o s tly by sto ryte lle rs, n o t histo ria ns. Q uentin Crisp's frank account o f pansy life in 1940s London, A la n H o lling - hurst's unpe eling o f th e layers o f

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English Language Notes – Duke University Press

Published: Sep 1, 2007

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