Dolls Studies - The Many Meanings of Girls' Toys and Play (Paperback, New edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Mediated Youth, 19
Release date:	May 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Miriam Forman-Brunell • Jennifer Dawn Whitney
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	287
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-2069-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	1-4331-2069-0
Barcode:	9781433120695

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