Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession Contributor(s): Bolin, Alice (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062657143 ISBN-13: 9780062657145 Publisher: William Morrow & Company
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Literary Collections | Essays |
Dewey: 305.409 |
LCCN: 2017052897 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8" L (0.50 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Features: Price on Product |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/02/2018 Booklist 04/15/2018 pg. 14 Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2018 pg. 49 BookPage 07/01/2018 |
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Publisher Description: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 An Edgar Award nominee for best critical / biographical Best of 2018 according to Kirkus, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Portland Mercury, Bustle, Thrillist, and Electric Lit A New York Times Editor's Choice, a best of summer 2018 according to Bitch Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, The Millions, Esquire, Refinery29, Nylon, PopSugar, The Chicago Tribune, Book Riot, and CrimeReads In this poignant collection, Alice Bolin examines iconic American works from the essays of Joan Didion and James Baldwin to Twin Peaks, Britney Spears, and Serial, illuminating the widespread obsession with women who are abused, killed, and disenfranchised, and whose bodies (dead and alive) are used as props to bolster men's stories. Smart and accessible, thoughtful and heartfelt, Bolin investigates the implications of our cultural fixations, and her own role as a consumer and creator. Bolin chronicles her life in Los Angeles, dissects the Noir, revisits her own coming of age, and analyzes stories of witches and werewolves, both appreciating and challenging the narratives we construct and absorb every day. Dead Girls begins by exploring the trope of dead women in fiction, and ends by interrogating the more complex dilemma of living women - both the persistent injustices they suffer and the oppression that white women help perpetrate. Reminiscent of the piercing insight of Rebecca Solnit and the critical skill of Hilton Als, Bolin constructs a sharp, perceptive, and revelatory dialogue on the portrayal of women in media and their roles in our culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bolin, Alice: - Alice Bolin's nonfiction has appeared in many publications including ELLE, the Awl, the LA Review of Books, Salon, VICE's Broadly, The Paris Review Daily, and The New Yorker's Page-Turner blog. She currently teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Memphis. alicebolin.com Twitter: @alicebolin |
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