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Barbie and the Bible : Playing with Pop Culture, Gender, and Theology.

Bloomsbury Collections: Theology 2026 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hays, Christopher B.
Series:
Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture Series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Barbie (Fictitious character).
Barbie.
Popular culture--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Popular culture.
Gender identity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Gender identity.
Storytelling--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Storytelling.
Storytelling--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Religion in motion pictures.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2026.
Summary:
This edited collection invites fresh readings of play and storytelling in the Barbie movie (2023) through the lens of the Bible and theology.
Contents:
Why is Barbie called a Jezebel? / Tammi J. Schneider
Barbie's otherworldly journey : from plastic possibilities to toxic positivity and back / Meghan Henning
It's hard to be fragile when you're made of plastic : how dolls with no genitalia expose the absent center of Greta Gerwig's Barbie / Kutter Callaway.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-9787-6671-8
979-82-16-25168-2
OCLC:
1592687616

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