TY - BOOK AU - Seligman,Craig TI - Who does that bitch think she is?: Doris Fish and the rise of drag SN - 9781541702165 PY - 2023/// CY - New York PB - PublicAffairs KW - Fish, Doris, KW - Drag queens KW - Biography KW - Drag performance KW - History KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "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"-- ER -