The Fashion Doll - From Bebe Jumeau to Barbie

Zusatztext 'As Peers convincingly establishes in her unique study! which highlights innumerable weaknesses in recent critiques of Barbie that do not contextualise her within doll history! scratching below the surface of often ignored examples of material culture such as the doll usefully reveals larger social and cultural changes that are ripe for analysis.'Michelle Smith! Excess Informationen zum Autor Juliette Peers is Research Associate and Lecturer of Textile Design, Frances Burke Textile Resource Centre , RMIT University, Victoria. Zusammenfassung This work is an in-depth investigation into one of the 20th century's most divisive figures: Barbie. Feminists have argued that the Barbie doll perpetuates unrealistic standards of feminine beauty. Yet, for every mother who disapproves of Barbie, there is a young daughter who adores her.

Product details

• Authors: PEERS, Juliet Peers, Juliette Peers, Peers Juliette
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2004
• EAN: 9781859737385
• ISBN: 978-1-85973-738-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Beauty/cosmetics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, DESIGN / Fashion & Accessories, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Fashion & society, Gender studies, gender groups, Fashion and textile design