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In a Barbie world : Barbie as narrative, symbol, and cipher / edited by Anna Gotlib and Claire Elise Katz.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barbie (Motion picture).
- Motion picture acting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (203 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2025]
- Summary:
- In a Barbie World: Barbie as Narrative, Symbol, and Cipher brings together scholars to examine the myriad themes that emerge from the Greta Gerwig film, Barbie. It is of value to students of gender studies, political theory, philosophy and film studies, as well as to broader audiences interested in Barbie and its themes.
- Contents:
- Introduction Part I: Barbie, History, and Feminisms 1. From Golden Lassos to Dream Houses: Femineering Power in Mid-Century America 2. Feminism and Consumerism in Sex and the City and Barbie 3. Barbie and the Subversion of White Feminist Fantasy that Wasn't Part II: Barbie and Identities 4. Requiem for the Snowflake Self: Barbie's Journey from Innocence to Experience 5. Are You Really #Kenough? Barbie, Main Character Syndrome, and NPCs 6. Weird Barbie and Me...and You? 7. Imagining Masculinity Without Patriarchy: A Critical Analysis of Proposals From the Film Barbie Part III: Barbie as Counternarrative 8. Dismantling Barbieland: Dissonant Perspectives and Challenging Narratives 9. Could It Be Hope? Exploring, From A Critical Perspective, Barbie's Inescapable Allure 10. Invitations to Girls' Night: Creating Discursive Space for Solidarity in Barbieland and Beyond 11. Barbie Breakups and Feminist Utopias: Consciousness-Raising in Postfeminist Times Part IV: Coda 12. They Tried to Put "Barbie" in the Corner.
- Notes:
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gotlib, Anna In a Barbie World
- ISBN:
- 9781040312957
- 1040312950
- OCLC:
- 1490383436
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