Blood and Guts in High School
Author: Kathy Acker
Date: 2000-01-01 05:00:00+00:00
Keywords: Fiction; Feminism; Novels; Literature; Classics; 20th Century; Womens; American; The United States Of America; Contemporary
Description: Janey undergoes, as if in a fairytale, a nightmare journey of exploitation - first incest, then abortions, a job selling cookies to the chi-chi bourgois of Brooklyn, a one-sided love affair with the leader of punk gang THE SCORPIONS, and finally is sold into the white slave trade in the middle east. Along the way she grapples with the cultural message of The Scarlet Letter, falls in love with Jean Genet, and angrily ridicules Erica Jong - the famous rich white face of 1970s feminism. Pulsating with the influence of William S. Burroughs, the narrative is a patchwork mish-mash of prose, poetry,
Publisher: Penguin

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