Leeds University.
Urban Stud. 2011;48(1):85-100. doi: 10.1177/0042098009360238.
In recent years Vauxhall in south London has been transformed and rebranded as an urban leisure zone for gay men. Disused railway arches and warehouses have been converted into nightclubs and a significant night-time economy has developed rivalling Soho's existing gay village. However, with its commodified forms of public sex and high levels of recreational drug use, Vauxhall's club scene looks rather different from the British gay villages of the 1990s. This article examines how the area's nightlife entrepreneurs have capitalised on the recent liberalisation of licensing laws while drawing on the historical associations with the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens (1660-1859) in attempts to market the area as a site of embedded hedonism. Overall, the aesthetic and cultural themes of Vauxhall's club scene seem to contradict earlier assumptions about the desexualisation and sanitisation of contemporary gay culture.
近年来，伦敦南部的沃克斯豪尔（Vauxhall）已经转变并重新定位为一个面向男同性恋者的城市休闲区。废弃的铁路拱门和仓库已被改造成夜总会，一个重要的夜间经济已经发展起来，与苏荷（Soho）现有的同性恋村相媲美。然而，由于其商品化的公共性行为形式和高 recreational 药物使用率，沃克斯豪尔的夜总会场景与 20 世纪 90 年代的英国同性恋村看起来大不相同。本文探讨了该地区的夜生活企业家如何利用最近的执照法自由化，同时利用与沃克斯豪尔游乐花园（1660-1859 年）的历史联系，将该地区作为享乐主义的场所进行营销。总的来说，沃克斯豪尔夜总会场景的美学和文化主题似乎与人们对当代同性恋文化去性化和净化的早期假设相矛盾。
