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...
As the new Barbie movie sparkles on the horizon, many of us are contemplating this iconic doll's history and significance in our culture. Since her birth in 1959, she has been celebrated, disdained, coveted, vilified, and treasured. Join us as we revisit her history and evolution over the last six decades.