The Fashion Doll: From Bébé Jumeau to Barbie

by Juliette Peers

Book Overview

Feminists have argued that the Barbie doll perpetuates unrealistic standards of feminine beauty and undermines the credibility of women - that her long, slender plastic limbs and tiny waist fetishize the female body in unnatural ways and that her mature, overtly fashionable image promotes consumerism and superficiality over and above womens liberty and intellect. Depending on the viewer, Barbie is either a malign symbol of the strategies of the capitalist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859737382
• ISBN13: 9781859737385
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"