Fast Girls : Teenage Tribes and the Myth of the Slut

by White, Emily

• ISBN13: 9780425191767
• ISBN10: 0425191761
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-07
• Publisher: Berkley Trade

Summary

Whether viewed as villain or victim, outcast or rebel, the High School Slut remains a figure of fascination--and more than a touch of fear. Full of quirky insights into sexual standards and practices, Fast Girlsis a journey into the dark side of the teenage years, a revealing study of American society.

Author Biography

Emily White, a freelance writer, was the editor of The Stranger, an alternative weekly newspaper in Seattle. She has also been a contributing editor to the website OpenLetters.net and a Stegner fellow in the fiction program at Stanford University. Her work has appeared in Spin magazine, the New York Times Book Review, the Village Voice, Nest, and L.A. Weekly.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
High School's Secret Life	p. 23
The Girl in the Rumor	p. 39
The Slut Archetype	p. 54
The Dangerous Suburb	p. 79
Family Values and Home Wreckers	p. 95
Themes of Isolation	p. 112
The Cruelty of Girls	p. 132
Basement Histories	p. 155
Race and the Slut Story	p. 169
Getting Over High School	p. 184
Epilogue	p. 200
Bibliography	p. 214
Acknowledgments	p. 218
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