LEADER 04245nam 22006974 450 001 9910807843103321 005 20140904030957.0 010 $a0-8223-1620-X 010 $a0-8223-9924-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9780822399247 035 $a(CKB)3710000000238742 035 $a(OCoLC)893681517 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10930268 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001062799 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11569550 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001062799 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11015716 035 $a(PQKB)10860463 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3008089 035 $a(OCoLC)1139382689 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse79634 035 $a889877620 035 $a(DE-B1597)554339 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780822399247 035 $a(OCoLC)1229161248 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000238742 100 $a20140903d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBarbie's queer accessories /$fErica Rand 210 1$aDurham :$cDuke University Press,$d1995. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 1 $aSeries Q 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-14108-8 311 $a0-8223-1604-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [197]-208) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction On Our Backs, in Our Attics, on Our Minds -- $tChapter One Making Barbie -- $tChapter Two Older Heads on Younger Bodies -- $tChapter Three Barbie's Queer Adult Accessories -- $tConclusion. On Our Backs, in Our Hands, on Our Broadsides -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aShe?s skinny, white, and blond. She?s Barbie?an icon of femininity to generations of American girls. She?s also multiethnic and straight?or so says Mattel, Barbie?s manufacturer. But, as Barbie?s Queer Accessories demonstrates, many girls do things with Barbie never seen in any commercial. Erica Rand looks at the corporate marketing strategies used to create Barbie?s versatile (She?s a rapper! She?s an astronaut! She?s a bride!) but nonetheless premolded and still predominantly white image. Rand weighs the values Mattel seeks to embody in Barbie?evident, for example, in her improbably thin waist and her heterosexual partner?against the naked, dyked out, transgendered, and trashed versions favored by many juvenile owners and adult collectors of the doll.Rand begins by focusing on the production and marketing of Barbie, starting in 1959, including Mattel?s numerous tie-ins and spin-offs. These variations, which include the much-promoted multiethnic Barbies and the controversial Earring Magic Ken, helped make the doll one of the most profitable toys on the market. In lively chapters based on extensive interviews, the author discusses adult testimony from both Barbie "survivors" and enthusiasts and explores how memories of the doll fit into women?s lives. Finally, Rand looks at cultural reappropriations of Barbie by artists, collectors, and especially lesbians and gay men, and considers resistance to Barbie as a form of social and political activism.Illustrated with photographs of various interpretations and alterations of Barbie, this book encompasses both Barbie glorification and abjection as it testifies to the irrefutably compelling qualities of this bestselling toy. Anyone who has played with Barbie?or, more importantly, thought or worried about playing with Barbie?will find this book fascinating. 410 0$aSeries Q. 606 $aSexual orientation$zUnited States$vMiscellanea 606 $aHomosexuality$zUnited States$vMiscellanea 606 $aBarbie dolls$xSocial aspects 606 $aBarbie dolls$xMarketing 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$vMiscellanea 615 0$aSexual orientation 615 0$aHomosexuality 615 0$aBarbie dolls$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aBarbie dolls$xMarketing. 615 0$aPopular culture 676 $a306.76 700 $aRand$b Erica$f1958-$01655582 801 0$bNDD 801 1$bNDD 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807843103321 996 $aBarbie's queer accessories$94008007 997 $aUNINA