Debuting Debasement:
Why do I feel strangly compelled to read Debutante: Rites and Regalia of American Debdom? Most likely a dangerous mix of bewilderment and perversion. Although this review helped clarify a little. The author, one Karal Ann Marling, is considered the "grande dame of American Studies", the field where I spent my last days of higher education. I don’t miss them much but the books were great.