{"product_id":"the-pagoda-rose-norman-9781944981631","title":"The Pagoda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold and important history of lesbian-feminism on the Florida coast.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1977, two lesbian couples living in St. Augustine, Florida, found a row of small beach houses for sale next to a house they wanted to turn into a feminist theatre. They bought the cottages, leased and later bought the theatre building, and over the next two decades expanded and developed the property as a cultural center, women's retreat center, and residential community. The Pagoda, as it came to be called, offered nude swimming in a private pool, fire circles on the beach, variety shows with bellydancing, poetry readings, comedy sketches, and regular concerts by feminist musicians in a private theatre. Pagoda women produced feminist plays about Cinderella's after-story and sketch comedy by Positively Revolting Hags. They hosted celebrations of the Goddess, Tarot readings, and psychic workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its height, The Pagoda was a Goddess church running a cultural center and guesthouse surrounded by twelve tiny, custom-built, knotty pine cottages and a duplex, all owned by lesbians. The cultural center and guesthouse lasted twenty-two years as an active operation run by the incorporated, tax-exempt Pagoda-temple of Love in the closing decades of the twentieth century, and another sixteen years after that shepherded by Fairy Godmothers, Inc., four women with a different vision for the space. This is the story of how all that happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn THE PAGODA: A LESBIAN COMMUNITY BY THE SEA, Rose Norman expertly synthesizes interviews and extensive archival research to tell the story of the women who made that community a place for lesbian culture to bloom and grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rose Norman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1944981632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781944981631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sinister Wisdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.60d","brand":"Rose Norman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522294116607,"sku":"9781944981631","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1dd1029a-9011-4d5b-ba85-89ea27129d3e.jpg?v=1700156534","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pagoda-rose-norman-9781944981631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}