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Author Ross, Becki, 1959-

Title The house that Jill built : a lesbian nation in formation / Becki L. Ross
Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents 1. Shaking the ground: The emergence of lesbian-feminist discourse -- 2. Independent lesbian-feminist organizing -- 3. 'Family of Womon We've Begun': Envisioning Lesbian Nation -- 4. The politics of lesbian-feminist life/style -- 5. Mining lesbian-feminist sexual discourse and practice -- 6. LOOT's structure and program: Politics redefined -- 7. Coalition politics: Lesbian feminists meet gay liberationists -- 8. Coalition politics: Lesbian feminists meet women's liberationists -- 9. LOOT's closure: An evaluation -- 10. Back to the future: Concluding notes
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Lesbian Organization of Toronto.
SUBJECT Lesbian Organization of Toronto fast
Subject Lesbians -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Societies and clubs
Lesbian feminism -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Lesbian Studies.
Lesbian feminism
Lesbians -- Societies and clubs
Lesbe
Frauenbewegung
Lesbische Orientierung
Feminismus
Lesbische liefde.
Feminisme.
Geschichte 1970-1980.
Ontario -- Toronto
Toronto
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781487579579
1487579578