Dead girls : essays on surviving American obsession / Alice Bolin.
Dead girls : essays on surviving American obsession / Alice Bolin.
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Publisher
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
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G 2019/1152
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Language
English
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Physical content
276 pages ; 21 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: girls, girls, girls -- Part 1: the dead girl show. Toward a theory of a dead girl show ; Black hole ; The husband did it ; The daughter as detective -- Part 2: lost in Los Angeles. There there ; Los Angeles diary ; Lonely heart ; This place makes everyone a gambler ; The dream -- Part...
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Publisher
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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"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 dead women"-- Provided by publisher.
In this collection of sharp, poignant essays, Bolin blends the personal and political in an exploration of American culture through the lens of our obsession with dead women. Stories, novels, movies and television programs are obsessed with women who are abused, killed, and disenfranchised. Bolin shows how women's bodies (dead and alive) are used a...
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Dead girls : essays on surviving American obsession / Alice Bolin.
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G 2019/1152
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74VKVyWeAvOM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVyWeAvOM
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ISBN
0062657143 (paperback)
9780062657145 (paperback)
DDC
305.40973
MMS ID
991024233714702626
