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Document Type: | Article |
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All Authors / Contributors: | L Chamberland Affiliation: Maisonneuve College, Montreal. |
ISSN: | 0091-8369 |
Language Note: | English |
Unique Identifier: | 116795019 |
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Abstract:
This essay retraces the development of lesbian bars in Montreal between 1955 and 1975. It analyzes this process as a form of appropriation of urban public space which reveals the repressive elements confronting lesbians in their pursuit of the right to exist socially, and examines the key-role played by working-class lesbians in struggling against them. It also describes class-related divisions in the way these places are remembered, which may be paralleled to the opposite positions in the current debate about the role of bars in the development of a lesbian culture. Finally, it suggests explanations for class-related differences in bar-going habits and ways of expressing lesbian identity.

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