| The Barbie Chronicles: A Living Doll Turns Forty Original Edition Contributor(s): McDonough, Yona Zeldis (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0684862751 ISBN-13: 9780684862750 Publisher: Touchstone Books OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: On the occasion of her 40th birthday, the complete story of Barbie, featuring an inspired collection of essays by Jane Smiley, Erica Jong, Anna Quindlen, Carol Shields, Meg Wolitzer, and a host of other Barbie-watchers. 8-page photo insert. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 688.722 |
| LCCN: 99015725 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.6" W x 8.74" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A THOROUGHLY GROWN-UP LOOK AT A TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSE OF OUTSTANDING PROPORTIONS To some she's a collectible, to others she's trash. In The Barbie Chronicles, twenty-three writers join together to scrutinize Barbie's forty years of hateful, lovely disastrous, glorious influence on us all. No other tiny shoulders have ever, had to carry the weight of such affection and derision and no other book has ever paid this notorious little place of plastic her due. Whether you adore her or abhor her, The Barbie Chronicles will have you looking at her in ways you never imagined |
Contributor Bio(s): McDonough, Yona Zeldis: - Yona Zeldis McDonough is the author of seven novels. Her short fiction, articles, and essays have been published in anthologies as well as in numerous national magazines and newspapers. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. |