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Journal articles on the topic "Barbie dolls"

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Elkoninova, L. I., and P. A. Kryzhov. "Psychological Assessment of a Doll within the Framework of Cultural-Historical Psychology: Possibilities and Limitations." Cultural-Historical Psychology 18, no. 3 (2022): 41–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/chp.2022180305.

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The problem of toy expertise is that a cultural object comes with no “instruction manual”. The goal of the article is to reveal both potential and limitations of the cultural-historical psychology and activity theory as a conceptual framework for doll expertise and test the cultural form of pretend play as a criterion of its developmental function using the example of Barbie and Monster High dolls. The article proves the necessity of cultural and psychological analysis of doll play to assess the developmental potential of a doll. The work demonstrates that the image of a doll determines how a child plays with it, i.e. how the doll itself plays with that child (F. Boitendijk). For the first time it also describes how the unit of analysis of pretend play - its two-step form (Challenge + Reply to Challenge) is used as a tool to examine the function of these dolls in child development. An exploratory empirical study of children’s play has shown how the images of Barbie and Monster High dolls define the way they are played with and answered negatively the following questions: does Barbie arouse premature interest in adult sexuality among preschoolers, and does playing with Monster High dolls blur the lines between good and evil.
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Lin, Sizhu. "Analysis of Barbie Dolls’ Low Sales Volume in China." SHS Web of Conferences 165 (2023): 02001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202316502001.

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Barbie dolls are popular in many countries, and this toy brand has made a lot of profits for Mattel, the world’s largest toy company that owns a large number of well-known toy brands including Barbie. The USA is the largest market for Barbie dolls, and the sales of Barbie dolls in the USA market account for 56.52% of the total. However, in China, Barbie dolls’ sales volume does not live up to expectations. In this paper, by using Hofstede’s five dimensions, the author analyzed the cultural differences between China and the USA, which indicates that the cultural diversity between China and the USA, such as power distance and individualism/collectivism, can influence Barbie dolls’ sales volume. Based on this analysis, the author suggested that Mattel should change its strategies in localization and advertising, so as to improve the sales volume of Barbie dolls in China’s market.
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Pyzeyko, E. A. "Barbie in the mirror of culture: social burden and transformation of the modern doll." Voprosy kul'turologii (Issues of Cultural Studies), no. 8 (July 28, 2023): 552–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.33920/nik-01-2307-02.

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The functionality of a children's toy is changing along with the changing world for which it was created. Her orientation to the requirements and interests of a child is relative. First of all, a doll is an object of the adult world. One of the most popular dolls of our time is no exception in this case. The prototype of Barbie was a toy that conveyed the forms of an adult girl, attracting the attention of men. The first Barbies made according to its format won the hearts of children, and, as practice shows, for a long time. The article discusses the algorithm of retaining this attention, the “secrets of success” of Barbie on the example of the development of her specific model — Barbie Fashionistas. The sequence of subjectification of the doll's image, the goals pursued by this process, and its consequences are considered in the work. The result of Barbie's evolution is not only the development of the child's consumer taste, but also the emergence of a separate subculture in the adult world (the doll could not leave this world), which indicates the initial close connection between the doll and the human world. These relationships are devoid of a sacred gloss, which is mandatory for a doll, according to ethnographic and anthropological observations. The axiology of this image is ambivalent — it both brings relief to suffering and forces us to abandon the natural nature of the body (which is hardly possible without pain and final dissatisfaction). The instrumental character of the doll's imagery is considered, which turns out to be important for both the world of children and the world of adults.
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Widyani, Donafeby, and Joseph Chen. "Marketer as a Barbie Game Changer." International Journal of Science, Technology & Management 2, no. 5 (2021): 1918–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.46729/ijstm.v2i5.349.

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This paper addresses issues about how the Barbie doll can provide an unrealistic vision of how women should look and what marketers can do about it. Barbie is a well-known doll that has become a role model for girls. However, Barbie dolls have attracted much criticism. Studies found that Barbie shapes the body image of young girls and possibly creates body dissatisfaction and low self-esteem among girls. Body dissatisfaction can lead to eating disorders and low self-esteem can lead to depressive behavior. Answering that phenomenon, Barbie launched Barbie Fashionista that has a diverse body type. However, Girls still tend to choose thinner Barbie. Barbie’s marketer should encourage girls to play more with a more realistic body image Barbie such as curvy, tall, and petite, and encourage the children to feel good about their bodies.
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Bange, Stephanie. "Biscuit and Peter and George—Oh My! Tales of a Children’s Book Doll Collector." Children and Libraries 15, no. 4 (2017): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/cal.15.4.27.

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My name is Stephanie, and I am a collector. What are my favorite things to collect? That’s easy—dolls! I bought my first Barbie when I was six years old. I was given a doll from Morocco at age seven. To this day, I continue to collect both Barbies and international dolls, but my third collection now numbers eight hundred dolls. During my first year as an elementary school librarian in 1979, I began to collect dolls based on characters from children’s books.I wanted to add some zip and zing to class visits at my school library. The previous school librarian had plugged boys and girls into listening stations with worksheets each time they came to the library. I felt my students were missing out by not hearing fantastic tales from exotic places and visiting magical worlds of wonder.Bottom line, I wanted them to experience the joy found within the covers of books. That’s when the first dolls from children’s books—Corduroy, Curious George, the Cat in the Hat, and Winnie-the-Pooh—found their way into my shopping basket and my storytelling repertoire.
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Zhang, Danyi, Siyu Wang, Nuo Xu, and Dawei Wang. "How Does Barbie Influence the Aesthetic Standards of Growing Children?" Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media 4, no. 1 (2023): 585–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/4/2022224.

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The research hopes to explore the relationship between Barbie dolls and beauty standards in growing children, taking body dissatisfaction as a direction. The research analyzes the experiment conducted by Dittmar et al. in 2006, The Effect of Experimental Exposure to Images of Dolls on the Body Image of 5 to 8- Year-Old Girls, about the body image of different dolls and responses from young girls. The responses include their actual body shape, the body shape they ideally desired to be, and their ideal body shape as an adult woman. It is proven that girls with Barbie dolls experienced body dissatisfaction due to our theoretical framework. They experienced lower self-esteem and higher body dissatisfaction, which reflects the internalization of Barbie's proportion as the beauty standard. This research focuses on the potential reasons behind the body dissatisfaction of young girls with Barbie and why they might take Barbie as the aesthetic standard. Compared to previous research, this research provides more references for improving Barbie, whereas previous research focuses more on Barbie's impact on teenagers.
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Smith, Robert, Sara Nadin, and Sally Jones. "Beyond the dolls house?" Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal 22, no. 5 (2019): 745–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qmr-01-2017-0035.

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the concepts of gendered, entrepreneurial identity and fetishism through an analysis of images of Barbie entrepreneur. It draws on the literature of entrepreneurial identity and fetishism to examine how such identity is socially constructed from childhood and how exposure to such dolls can shape and influence perceptions of entrepreneurial identity. Design/methodology/approach Using semiotic analysis the authors conduct a visual analysis of the Barbie to make observations and inferences on gendered entrepreneurial identity and fetishism from the dolls and artifacts. Findings The gendered images of Barbie dolls were influenced by societal perceptions of what an entrepreneur should look like, reflecting the fetishisation of entrepreneurship, especially for women. Mirroring and exaggerating gendered perceptions, the dolls express hyper-femininity reflected in both the physical embodiment of the doll and their adornments/accessories. This includes handbags, high-heeled shoes, short skirts, haute-couture and designer clothes. Such items and the dolls themselves become fetishised objects, making context and culture of vital importance. Research limitations/implications There are positive and negative implications in relation to how the authors might, as a society, present unrealistic gendered images and role models of entrepreneurship to children. The obvious limitation is that the methodology limits what can be said or understood, albeit the imagery mirrors socially constructed reality for the context examined. Originality/value This is original research in that no previous published studies have tackled gendered entrepreneurial identity in relation to fetishism. The value of the work lies in discussing the concepts and embeds them in the expanding conversation surrounding gendered entrepreneurial identities.
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Saccone, Elizabeth J., and Philippe A. Chouinard. "Barbie-Cueing Weight Perception." i-Perception 10, no. 3 (2019): 204166951985059. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041669519850590.

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It was previously reported that Barbie feels heavier than Ken when both dolls are matched for mass. However, we felt it was unclear from this earlier report if the effects went beyond a typical size-weight illusion. By providing better controls, we conclude more confidently that doll features other than size influence weight perception. Specifically, conceptual knowledge, in the form of culturally reinforced biases, seems to affect how we perceive their weight.
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Scimone, Anthony J. "Reading Poetry for Critical Reflection on Consumer Behavior." English Journal 99, no. 3 (2010): 33–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.58680/ej20109517.

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Shamshadinov, Ruslan E. "WORLDS AND MYTHS OF THE AUTHOR’S DOLL." RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. "Literary Theory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies" Series, no. 7 (2023): 207–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2023-7-207-217.

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The article deals with the issue of the artistic status of the modern author’s doll as a synthetic art form, in the context of the “Do it yourself” movement (DIY). The phenomenon of the creative process of master of puppetry and of puppets as an artefact of a creative activity is being studied. The imagery and artistic value of a modern author’s doll, as a self-sufficient and active phenomenon of mass culture, is determined in accordance with the criteria for evaluating objects of fine art. The morphology of the author’s doll is analyzed in a historical perspective and in the circumstances of current socio-cultural formats of «sales exhibitions» – on the examples of the projects of the International Doll Salon (“Spring ball of author’s dolls”, “Autumn ball of author’s dolls”), the activities of the Puppet Gallery “Vakhtanov” by I. Myzina and the Cultural Foundation “Dolls of the world” (exhibition “The art of the doll”). The idea of customization, as an integral factor in the dynamics of modern convergent culture, in the context of the study dialogues with the concept of “One of a kind” (OOAK) characteristic of the puppeteer community. Mass production and mass demand for Barbie and Blythe dolls is considered from the position of realizing the creative potential of the followers of the maker-culture subculture. The authorship of the doll is considered as a marker of the special status of this cultural object
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Barbie dolls"

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Hicks, Robin M. "Should Barbie come with instructions? : conventional and unconventional Barbie play." Virtual Press, 2000. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1191710.

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Adult attitudes toward the Barbie dolls are ambivalent, with many saying they encourage a variety of undesirable tendencies. This paper looks at the dramatic play that actually occurs with the dolls, much of it involving the normal behavior that one would expect in children who are becoming enculturated through imitation of the adult behavior they see around them. But also common is play that most adults would think of as unconventional or deviant. To what extent are parents, particularly mothers, aware of this? How does this play relate to enculturation? Does it serve other functions? And what implications does it have for the age at which children should be given Barbies and the need for adult supervision or instruction of the children? This thesis describes the types of play engaged in and considers possible answers to the questions raised above.<br>Department of Anthropology
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Shibagaki, Arisa. "The Barbie Phenomenon in Japan." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1182390653.

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Fuchs, Claudia Fuchs Claudia. "Barbie trifft He-Man : Kinder erzählen über Spielwelten und ihre Alltagswelt /." Freiburg : Fillibach Verlag, 2001. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009578023&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Whitney, Jennifer. "Playing with Barbie : doll-like femininity in the contemporary west." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/48291/.

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In the winter of 2009, Barbie celebrated her 50th birthday. The occasion was marked with all the pageantry befitting a debutante, starlet, or modern-day princess. Lavish parties were hosted in her honour, and fashion models impersonated the doll on the catwalk. Luxury brands created limited edition Barbie products—from cosmetics to cars—to commemorate the milestone. And, at the height of the revelry, the plastic doll even underwent ‘plastic surgery’ in order to squeeze into a couture pair of birthday stilettos. Taking this distinctive cultural moment as its starting point, this thesis examines how the Barbie doll’s complex and indefatigable cultural presence is understood in Western popular culture. A range of media and industries engage with representations of the doll: advertising, consumer, and celebrity cultures; the fashion, beauty, and cosmetic surgery industries; music; reality television; social networking; and pornography. This thesis interrogates how these media and industries, and the discursive practices therein, reproduce images and narratives of Barbie as a uniform and idealised representation of white, affluent femininity in the West. However, as her birthday celebrations suggest, Barbie is also written as a ‘real’ girl. This thesis also interrogates this narrative of ‘realness’ as it helps to explain why the doll has remained relevant for over 50 years, while complicating readings of her position as a uniform cultural object. Moreover, while Barbie is being portrayed as a ‘real’ girl, popular culture narratives also present ‘becoming Barbie’ as an achievable goal for young women and girls. Motivating this research throughout is the question of how such a referential relationship reinforces and destabilises constructions of the feminine subject in our postmodern and posthuman times.
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Chen, Bi-wen, and 陳苾文. "Makeup Performance and Changeful Barbie Dolls—Creative Works and Discourseby Chen Bi-wen." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30611617687547536059.

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碩士<br>國立臺灣師範大學<br>美術學系在職進修碩士班<br>100<br>The subject of this study is “makeup performance,” covering not simply the cosmetics and dress but also all forms of decorating the entire female body. This concept includes hair-styles, fashion paraphernalia, decoration and coloring of different body parts, such as hair, eyebrows, and finger nails. Almost every little girl plays with the Barbie dolls some time during their childhood. They will decorate these dolls with different “makeups.” When they grow up and enter the society, they find this play of “makeup,” or makeup performance, an important element in pop culture and fashion trends. Many careers, commodities, marketing and purchasing activities are developed around the behaviors and objects related to the makeup performance in one way or another: for example, cosmetics, costumes, body building, and fashion paraphernalia, etc. This observation formed my preliminary interest in pursuing the creative investigation of this subject. The first chapter of this study describes the motivation, objective, range, and the relationship with creative works of this research. This subject, “Makeup Performance and Changeful Barbie Dolls,” represents my remembering the past and reflecting on the personal growth. Through the creative performance of art works, I can recognize and highlight the inner sentiments and thoughts. I also try to delineate my personal sources of creative activity, investigate the relations between form and content in my works, and search for the inner proto-type in my mind. The second chapter aims to establish the theoretical foundation of this study. Here I discuss the evolution of the makeup culture of females, trace the shaping of commodities and consumer culture, and analyze the interactive relationship among pop culture, art, fashion, and makeup. The analysis and structuring of relevant documents will provide a theoretical base for my creative works. The third chapter discusses the female images and icons of in both Eastern and Western culture. Here the study also analyzes the role of fashion illustration in art. Through the observation, experience, research, and analysis of different styles of art works, I will establish the connection of this study and my personal creative thoughts and integrate them in my creative works. The primary concerns of the fourth chapter are the ideals and practices of creation. Here the study will record the process of formulation, the establishment of the comic and cartoon styles, the utilization of the decorative, and the combination of meticulous styles and other special techniques in the practical artistic works of my “makeup performance” series. The fruit of my creative works will be analyzed in the fifth chapter. Here I will adopt different perspectives from aesthetics, philosophy, and pop culture to examine these works from my “Makeup Performance: Changeful Barbie Dolls” series and explain and analyze how they are realized. The sixth chapter will conclude and review this study and explore its possible extension and application in future creative works.
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Books on the topic "Barbie dolls"

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Poindexter, Katherine. Barbie. Golden Books Pub., 1998.

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Beigbeder, Frédéric. Barbie. Universal, 1998.

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Shibano, Keiko Kimura. Barbie in Japan =: [Bābī]. Murat Caviale, Inc., 1994.

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Slate, Barbara. Barbie: The Big Splash (Barbie). Western Pub. Co., 1992.

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Pugliano, Carol. Barbie: Lost and Found (Barbie). Golden Books, 2002.

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Muldrow, Diane. I am Barbie. Golden Books Pub. Co., 1997.

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Cottingham, Trina. Skipper, Barbie doll's little sister: Identification & value guide. 2nd ed. Collector Books, 2011.

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Smith, Rebecca. Barbie ABC book. Dorling Kindersley, 2000.

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Mieszala, Lorraine. Collector's guide to Barbie doll paper dolls: Identification & values. Collector Books, 1997.

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Weyn, Suzanne. Barbie: Holiday Magic: (Adventures with Barbie, #8). Price Stern Sloan, 1992.

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Book chapters on the topic "Barbie dolls"

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Kłosowska, Anna. "Medieval Barbie Dolls: Femme Figures in Ascetic Collections." In The Lesbian Premodern. Palgrave Macmillan US, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230117198_8.

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Roberts, Heidi. "The archaeology of Barbie dolls, or, have our CRM methods become artifacts?" In New Perspectives in Cultural Resource Management. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781317327349-11.

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Broch, Trygve B. "Introduction: Imagining the Ponytail." In The Ponytail. Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20780-8_1.

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AbstractYou see it everywhere—the ponytail hairstyle. Before the influencers Kim Kardashian West and Kylie Jenner, there were Barbie dolls and the movie stars Sandra Dee and Brigitte Bardot, and popstars Madonna and Beyoncé. Tennis star Serena Williams often sports a ponytail, and among women World Cup soccer players, countless. In this introduction, I outline a theoretical approach with which to show how and why the ponytail has become the hallmark of the female athlete and a total social phenomenon that answers to the experiential totality of modernity. I distinguish my approach from that of critical theorists who often argue that gender and femininities are all about social power relations and female subordination. Instead, I draw on multiple cultural theories about hair, bodies, and icons to argue that a total social fact like the ponytail is only iconic, imitated, and useful if it is polyvocal. A cultural sociology shows how the ponytail, as a material and corporal object, is imbued with codes, narratives, and myths that allow its wearers to access public culture and social inequalities in deeply personal, even existential ways.
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Moja, Beatrice. "Barbie Unbound: The Satirical Representation of the Barbie Doll as an Exemplification of Realism and the Crossover Attitude in Young Adult Literature." In Children’s Literature and Intergenerational Relationships. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67700-8_12.

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Kühne, Britt. "Mattel’s Second Attempt to Crack the Chinese Market: Will China Embrace the American Barbie Doll This Time?" In Market Entry in China. Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29139-0_13.

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Wang, Tianran. "Marge Piercy’s “A Work of Artifice” and “Barbie Doll”: How is the will of others imposed on the female bodily self in a patriarchal society?" In Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022). Atlantis Press SARL, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_21.

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Eilers, Frederika. "Barbie versus Modulor:." In Deconstructing Dolls. Berghahn Books, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2tsxk4x.10.

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Eilers, Frederika. "Chapter 4. Barbie versus Modulor." In Deconstructing Dolls. Berghahn Books, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781800731042-008.

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"Girlhood, Dolls, and Barbie:." In An American Icon in Puerto Rico. Berghahn Books, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/jj.2711490.7.

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"Barbie: A Posthuman Prototype." In Cyborgs And Barbie Dolls. I.B.Tauris, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9780755696284.ch-003.

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Reports on the topic "Barbie dolls"

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Pritchard, Katrina, and Helen Williams. Pretty in Plastic: Aesthetic authenticity in Barbie Land. Swansea University, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/sureport.65542.

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Our report critically applies aesthetic authenticity as a theoretical lens to interrogate the multimodal reproduction of gendered relations in the Barbie (2023) movie. Recent research has focused on how the aesthetic authenticity stakes are being continually elevated, such that this requires ongoing labour and continual renegotiation. It is not surprising that even Barbie finds this exhausting! We offer an analysis of character arcs across the movie, before exploring how a plastic doll enables conceptual insight regarding aesthetic authenticity. We discuss how the movie reconfirms neoliberal postfeminist perspectives on how women should seek their happy ever after. Finally, we consider the implications of representations of patriarchy and matriarchy before setting out suggestions for future research and concluding our report.
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