And I Want to Thank You Barbie: Barbie as a Site for Cultural Interrogation.

Mitchell, Claudia; Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline

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ERIC Number: EJ510979

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Publication Date: 1995

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And I Want to Thank You Barbie: Barbie as a Site for Cultural Interrogation.

Mitchell, Claudia; Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline

Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, v17 n2 p143-55 Apr 1995

Barbie is presented as the perfect cultural site for interrogating margins, borders, and contradictions in females' lives. This article illuminates such issues by interrogating the "cumulative cultural text of Barbie." Texts criticized are: Barbie collector cards; "Barbie" and "Barbie Fashion" comic books; "Barbie, The Magazine for Girls"; and the game "We Girls Can Do Anything." (SM)

Descriptors: Child Development, Consciousness Raising, Criticism, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education, Females, Feminism, Higher Education, Play, Popular Culture, Social Influences, Womens Studies

Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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