An American Icon in Puerto Rico : Barbie, Girlhood, and Colonialism at Play /
Since her creation in 1959, Barbie has become an icon of femininity to girls all over the world. In this study, author Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez focuses on a group of multigenerational Puerto Rican women and girls, exploring how playing with Barbie dolls as children has impacted their lives. By document...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York; Oxford :
Berghahn Books,
[2022]
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Colección: | Transnational Girlhoods ;
4 |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Sumario: | Since her creation in 1959, Barbie has become an icon of femininity to girls all over the world. In this study, author Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez focuses on a group of multigenerational Puerto Rican women and girls, exploring how playing with Barbie dolls as children has impacted their lives. By documenting the often-complicated relationships girls have with Barbie dolls, Aguiló-Pérez highlights the ways through which women and girls construct their own identities in relation to femininity, body image, race, and nationalism through Barbie play. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
ISBN: | 9781800733879 9783110997668 |
Acceso: | restricted access |