Barbie's Queer Accessories

by Erica Rand

Book Overview

She'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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082231620X
• ISBN13: 9780822316206
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"