Dead girls
Subtitle: essays on surviving an American obesession
By: Alice Bolin
Contributors: Bolin, Alice; Bolin, Alice; Bolin, Alice; Bolin, Alice; Bolin, Alice; Bolin, Alice; Bolin, Alice; Bolin, Alice; Bolin, Alice; Bolin, Alice
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780062657145
Subjects: Women in popular culture; Women in mass media; Death in popular culture; Death in mass media
Work titles: Essays
Description: "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"--
Table of contents: title: Part 1: The dead girl show; title: Toward a theory of a dead girl show; title: Black hole; title: The husband did it; title: The daughter as detective; title: Part 2: Lost in Los Angeles; title: There there; title: Los Angeles diary; title: Lonely heart; title: This place makes everyone a gambler; title: The dream; title: Part 3: Weird sisters; title: A teen witch's guide to staying alive; title: And so it is; title: My hypochondria; title: Just us girls; title: Part 4: A sentimental education; title: Accomplices.