Bibliograph

Dead girls, essays on surviving an American obsession, Alice Bolin

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Label

Dead girls, essays on surviving an American obsession, Alice Bolin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

essays

Main title

Dead girls

Oclc number

1039201402

Responsibility statement

Alice Bolin

Sub title

essays on surviving an American obsession

Summary

A collection of sharp, poignant essays that expertly blends the personal and political in an exploration of American culture through the lens of our obsession with women who are abused, killed, and disenfranchised, and whose bodies (dead and alive) are used as props to bolster men's stories

Table Of Contents

Toward a theory of a dead girl show -- Black hole -- The husband did it -- The daughter as detective -- There there -- Los Angeles diary -- Lonely heart -- This place makes everyone a gambler -- The dream -- A teen witch's guide to staying alive -- And so it is -- My hypochondria -- Just us girls -- Accomplices

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