The House That Jill Built by Becki Ross

The House That Jill Built

A Lesbian Nation in Formation

Becki Ross

In The House That Jill Built, Becki Ross explores the dedicated struggle of a largely white, middle-class group of lesbian feminists to subvert the history of lesbian invisibility and persecution by claiming a collective, empowering, public presence in Toronto during the mid- to late 1970s. What began as a doctoral thesis in sociology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education became this history of LOOT, or the Lesbian Organization of Toronto, which sought to subvert the history of lesbian invisibility and persecution by claiming a collective, empowering public presence during the mid-to late 1970s. Archival sources and interviews provide a view of the complex developments in community, identity, and visionary politics in the feminist, left, and gay-liberation movements of the time.

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ISBN 9780802074799
Genre LGBT Studies/Social Sciences
Copyright Date 1995
Publication Date 1995
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Format Trade Paperback
No. of Pages 357
Language English
Rating NotRated
Subject Social Science
BookID 5615

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