| Dolls Studies: The Many Meanings of Girls' Toys and Play Contributor(s): Mazzarella, Sharon R. (Other), Forman-Brunell, Miriam (Editor), Whitney, Jennifer Dawn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433120704 ISBN-13: 9781433120701 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $168.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 688.722 |
| LCCN: 2014012236 |
| Series: Mediated Youth |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 287 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dolls are the focus of this pioneering anthology establishing Dolls Studies as an interdisciplinary field of scholarly inquiry. This work revises conventional understandings of what constitutes a doll; broadens the age range to include female adolescents, women and others; locates dolls in untraditional contexts; and utilizes new methodological practices and theoretical frameworks. Placing dolls at the center of analysis reveals how critical girls' toys are in the making - and undoing - of racial, ethnic, national, religious, sexual, class, and gender ideologies and identities. Catharine Driscoll, Robin Bernstein, Elizabeth Chin are among the dozen scholars who interrogate doll products, producers, players, and youthful performers (like Nicki Minaj). Covering eight countries and crossing three centuries, this volume reveals the potential of dolls - and girls at play - to construct and disrupt, mediate and contest, perform and rescript girlhoods. |