The Barbie Phenomenon, Volume 1 : Gender, Identity, Race and Sexuality (Hardcover)

Introduction The Barbie Effect: Gender, Race, Sexuality and Consumerism in Popular Culture 1. Barbie ? What was she made for?? The Changing Face of Barbie in Popular Culture 2. Barbie’s Queering of Gender, Sexuality, Family, Class and Place 3. ‘I’m not in love with Ken’ ? Barbie and Aro/Ace representations in Barbie (2023) 4. Post-racist Barbie: White Feminism and the Limits of Diversity 5. Stereotypical Barbie and the problems of patriarchy 6 | ‘The man behind the tan’ ? Ken’s Trumpian Absurdity 7. Horror, Unsanctioned Barbie, Jenny Wise and Huw Nolan 8 | Barbie, Beauty and Her Body: An Enigma 9. ‘I’m here to see my gynecologist’ ? Imagining Barbie as a menstruator 10. The Liminal Space of Barbie’s Pink World 11. Mormon Barbie: A Critical Examination of the Male Gaze, Ideology and Parallel Representations 12. ’If she can see it, she can be it’ ? Barbie is a pilot, so where are all the women pilots?