| Plastic's Republic: Volume 260 Contributor(s): Riccio, Giovanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771833688 ISBN-13: 9781771833684 Publisher: Guernica Editions OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Family |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2018956516 |
| Series: Essential Poets (Ecco) |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 9" (0.40 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 2019 Barbie turns 60. Never only a toy, she defines the stellar. In Plastic's Republic, Giovanna Riccio delves into Barbie's impact on female beauty highlighting how plasticity in body and persona have allowed the doll to remain top-diva. Other poems bring to life, Mattel's movers-n-shakers who created Barbie to be their in-house money maker. Riccio's Plastications lyrics illustrate how Barbie's mouldable nature lets Mattel position their high achiever as ever-relevant, arguably, by exploiting social trends, political movements and historical events. In the Human Barbies section, Barbie becomes plastic surgery's prophet, spawning 'plastic-positive' people who see their bodies as raw material suitable for actual and virtual surgical doctoring. Riccio's witty, inimitable poems portray Barbie as a complex, contradictory global celebrity, but also explore the philosophical, feminist and body-image issues that this plastic goddess engenders. |
Contributor Bio(s): Riccio, Giovanna: - Giovanna Riccio is a graduate of the University of Toronto where she studied philosophy. Her poems have appeared in national and international journals and magazines as well as numerous anthologies. Translations of her poems have been published in Italian, French and Romanian. She is the author of Vittorio (Lyricalmyrical Press, 2010) and Strong Bread (Quattro Books, 2011). |
