Who Does That Bitch Think She Is? - Doris Fish and the Rise of Drag

"In the 1970s, queer people were openly despised and drag queens scared the public; this was also the era when Doris Fish (born Philip Mills in 1952 in Australia) rose to drag queen stardom. He was a leader of the generation that prepared the world not just for drag queens on TV but for a society that is more tolerant and accepting of LGBTQ+ people. How did we get from there to here? Craig Seligman looks at Doris's life as a way to provide some answers while recounting this vivid era in LGBTQ+ history, giving needed insight to how drag has become the performance phenomenon we know today"--

About the author

Craig Seligman has written for and edited at a host of magazines, journals, newspapers, and websites. He is the author of Sontag and Kael: Opposites Attract Me (2004). He lives in Brooklyn.

Summary

A vivid new history of drag told through the life of the pioneering queen Doris Fish

Foreword

A vivid new history of drag told through the life of the pioneering queen Doris Fish

Product details

• Authors: Craig Seligman
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781541702165
• ISBN: 978-1-5417-0216-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 240 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 580 g
• Illustrations: 18 B-W illustrations; 2 8-pp color inserts for 1st print only
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Biography: general, 20th Century, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History: earliest times to present day, Gay & Lesbian studies, General and world history, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ / Gay and Lesbian Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+, Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General