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Chicas muertas

Chicas muertas

EssaysSociology
Pages
170
Published
2015
Language
English

Synopsis

This book investigates the unsolved murders of three teenage girls in rural Argentina during the 1980s, a time when the term 'femicide' was unknown in the country. These cases, often overlooked by national media, become an author's obsession, leading to an unconventional and ultimately fruitless investigation. Selva Almada's sharp prose brings to light the invisible, weaving everyday forms of violence against women and girls into a vivid and intense narrative.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkMelancholicThought-ProvokingGritty

Genres

Essays Sociology True Crime

About the author

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Selva Almada

Selva Almada (Entre Ríos, Argentina, 1973) is considered one of the most powerful voices of contemporary Argentinian and Latin American literature and one of the most influential feminist intellectuals of the region. Including her début The Wind that Lays Waste, she has published three novels, a book of short stories, a book of journalistic fiction (Dead Girls) and a kind of film diary (written in the set of Lucrecia Martel’s most recent film Zama, based on Antonio di Benedetto’s novel)