Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession

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-- 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 as props to bolster men's stories. She analyzes stories of witches and werewolves, and ends by interrogating the persistent injustices real women suffer because of the portrayal of women in media. -- adopted from back cover 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 3: weird sisters. A teen witch's guide to staying alive ; and so it is ; my hypochondria ; just us girls -- part 4: a sentimental education. Accomplices. Alice bolin.

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks