Dolls Studies

The Many Meanings of Girls’ Toys and Play

Sharon R Mazzarella editor Miriam Forman-Brunell editor Jennifer Dawn Whitney editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Published:28th May '15

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Dolls are the focus of this pioneering anthology establishing Dolls Studies as an interdisciplinary field of scholarly inquiry. This work revises conventional understandings of what constitutes a doll; broadens the age range to include female adolescents, women and others; locates dolls in untraditional contexts; and utilizes new methodological practices and theoretical frameworks. Placing dolls at the center of analysis reveals how critical girls’ toys are in the making – and undoing – of racial, ethnic, national, religious, sexual, class, and gender ideologies and identities. Catharine Driscoll, Robin Bernstein, Elizabeth Chin are among the dozen scholars who interrogate doll products, producers, players, and youthful performers (like Nicki Minaj). Covering eight countries and crossing three centuries, this volume reveals the potential of dolls – and girls at play – to construct and disrupt, mediate and contest, perform and rescript girlhoods.

«Those with academic and research interests centred on doll studies and childhood studies will find this collection of essays extremely useful.»
(Emily Aguilo-Perez, Children & Society 31/2016)

ISBN: 9781433120695

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 440g

287 pages

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