Bolin, Alice

Dead Girls

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ISBN 13:
9780062657145
author:
Bolin, Alice
format:
Paperback
publisher:
William Morrow & Company
language:
English
Publication Year:
2018
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
20.32 x 13.72 x 1.78 centimetres
Genre:
Biography, Personal Memoirs, Fiction & Literature,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 6 working days
£12.80

Description

A poignant collection of essays that examines iconic American works and our cultural obsession with women who are abused, killed, and disenfranchised. Alice Bolin investigates the implications of these fixations, her own role as a consumer and creator, and the narratives we construct and absorb every day. Bolin's work dissects the Noir, revisits her own coming of age, and analyzes stories of witches and werewolves, both appreciating and challenging the tales we tell. She begins by exploring the trope of dead women in fiction, and ends by interrogating the complex dilemma of living women - both the persistent injustices they suffer and the oppression that white women help perpetuate. Smart and accessible, thoughtful and heartfelt, Bolin's dialogue on the portrayal of women in media is sharp, perceptive, and revelatory.

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