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Barbie is an American icon. But does Barbie become a problem when the adult fantasy collides with the child's fantasy? All that misplaced Barbie angst of our youth, all the childhood conditioning, and the adult results of nine inches of injection molded plastic are revealed at last in "Mondo Barbie".
List of contents
Introduction / Lucinda Ebersole & Richard Peabody
Barbie Doll / Marge Piercy
A Real Doll / A.M. Homes
Miss America 1990 / Denise Duhamel
Kinky / Denise Duhamel
Astrology Barbie / Denise Duhamel
It's My Body / Denise Duhamel
Barbie-Q / Sandra Cisneros
Playing with Barbie / Jeanne Beaumont
Barbie / Gary Soto
Barbie's Ferrari / Lynne McMahon
Thicker Than Water / Kathryn Harrison
Barbie Doll / Patricia Storace
Twelve-Step Barbie / Richard Grayson
Barbie Dolls / Leslie Shiel
That Night / Alice McDermott
Experience / Laura Costas
Voodoo Silences / Sharon Henry
Barbie Meets the Scariest Fatso Yet / Cookie Lupton
Playing with Dolls / David Trinidad
Living Doll / David Trinidad
How Barbie Warped Me / Lisa B. Herskovits
The Black Lace Panties Triangle / Belinda Subraman
Barbie's Crank Call / Belinda Subraman
The Barbie Murders / John Varley
Barbie's Little Sister / Ellie Schoenfeld
Barbie Disappeared One Day / Ellie Schoenfeld
Barbie: A Memoir / Sparrow
Navy Barbie / Lyn Lifshin
Barbie Hunts Thru Medical Books / Lyn Lifshin
Barbie Wonders About Buying a Coffin / Lyn Lifshin
Floor Show / Julia Alvarez
Call Me Barbie / Gregg Shapiro
Triangles / Cathryn Hankla
Bar Barbie / Wayne E. Kline
Barbie & Ken, Ken & Barbie / Philip Levine
Barbie Comes Out / Rebecca Brown
Barbie / Jose Padua
Hell's Angel Barbie / Jeff Weddle
Confederate Barbie / Jeff Weddle
Barbie / Roberta Allen
Beauty / Lynne Barrett
Barbie's Shoes / Hilary Tham
About the author
Mondo Barbie, edited by Richard Peabody and Lucinda Ebersole, features contributions from Sandra Cisneros, Alice McDermott, Julia Alvarez, Marge Piercy, A.M. Homes, Denise Duhamel, Jeanne Beaumont, Gary Soto, Lynne McMahon, Kathryn Harrison, Patricia Storace, Richard Grayson, Leslie Shiel, Laura Costas, Sharon Henry, Cookie Lupton, David Trinidad, Lisa B. Herskovits, Belinda Subraman, John Varley, Ellie Schoenfeld, Sparrow, Lyn Lifshin, Gregg Shapiro, Cathryn Hankla, Wayne E. Kline, Philip Levine, Rebecca Brown, Jose Padua, Jeff Weddle, Roberta Allen, Lynne Barrett, and Hilary Tham.
