In a Barbie World : Barbie as Narrative, Symbol, and Cipher (Hardcover)

Introduction??Part I:? Barbie, History, and Feminisms??1. From Golden Lassos to Dream Houses: Femineering Power in Mid-Century America? 2. Feminism and Consumerism in?Sex and the City?and?Barbie??3. Barbie and the Subversion of White Feminist Fantasy that Wasn’t??Part II:? Barbie and Identities??4. Requiem for the Snowflake Self:? Barbie’s Journey from Innocence to Experience??5. Are You Really #Kenough?? Barbie, Main Character Syndrome, and NPCs??6. Weird Barbie and Me…and You?? 7. Imagining Masculinity Without Patriarchy: A Critical Analysis of Proposals From the Film?Barbie??Part III:? Barbie as Counternarrative??8. Dismantling Barbieland: Dissonant Perspectives and Challenging Narratives? 9. Could It Be Hope? Exploring, From A Critical Perspective, Barbie's Inescapable Allure??10. Invitations to Girls’ Night: Creating Discursive Space for Solidarity in Barbieland and Beyond??11. Barbie Breakups and Feminist Utopias: Consciousness-Raising in Postfeminist Times??Part IV:? Coda??12. They Tried to Put “Barbie” in the Corner