Description: Mondo Barbie Essays on Exile and Memory By Ebersole, Lucinda Paperback Refer to all images for measurements and condition Great preloved condition Raw edges Excellent coffee table book Perfect size for the top of a small stack Conversation starter Full of short stories Super easy read Cleaning out our closets! Publisher:St. Martin's Publishing Group Publication date:03/15/1993 Edition description:1st ed Pages:185 Product dimensions:6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.47(d) 🙏🏼Many Thanks!✌🏼 Overview “Barbie is an American icon. But Barbie becomes a problem when the adult fantasy collides with the child's fantasy. All that misplaced Barbie angst of our youth, all the childhood conditioning, and the adult results are revealed at last in Mondo Barbie. "Barbie is in the air, all right! "Since we began this anthology, we’ve seen articles on Barbie in magazines as wide-ranging as Parenting, People, and the Utne Reader. . . . We’re not the only ones. Friends, acquaintances, and contributors (real and imagined) have flooded our mailboxes with clippings about Barbie look-alike contests, cable TV shows, photography exhibits, sculptures, you name it. "Everyone had an anecdote. . . . "[Barbie] is an American icon. The product of an adult fantasy of a girl-child’s toy. Or is Barbie the adult’s toy and the child’s fantasy? What happens when the adult fantasy collides with the child’s fantasy? . . . "In the end the book divided into two definite strategies for dealing with the Barbie phenomenon—poems and stories from Barbie’s point of view, or writings about Barbie’s impact (as either doll or flesh and blood) on specific characters. These works are just a sampling of the vast arra y of material inspired by Barbie. Perhaps, as one writer suggested, we should start a Barbie hotline. A way to reach all those warped by Barbie. . . .” Editorial Reviews “Members of the Barbie Generation have come of age, and they are taking no prisoners. This terrific collection of short stories, poems and memoirs explores what the Barbie doll, now in her 30s, means and has meant to young women (and some young men). In most pieces, little girls obsess about accumulating clothes for Barbie, getting Barbie together with Ken or how their Barbie collections compare to those of their friends. Barbie becomes a real person who must deal with her perfect figure, ideal boyfriend and fabulously decorated Dream House. Throughout, Barbie's detachable limbs and hollow head make her an easy target for violent dismemberment. In the more way-out contributions, Ken undergoes a sex-change operation to become Kendra, and Barbie becomes a speed freak. Barbie's steady upholding of the American ideal of femininity through three decades of feminist upheaval provides rich material for these smart and brash authors, who include Sandra Cisneros and Alice McDermott. The contributors' often religious childhood relationships with ``playing Barbies'' will gives this volume an energy that will make it must reading for parents whose children learn lessons of womanhood from the doll.” (Mar.)Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
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Book Title: Mondo Barbie : an Anthology of Fiction and Poetry
Book Series: Barbie
MPN: Does not apply
Original Language: English
Item Length: 9in
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: Yes
Brand: Unbranded
Publication Year: 1993
Type: Short Stories
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Era: 1990s
Item Height: 0.5in
Author: Lucinda Ebersole
Genre: Literary Collections, Social Science, Drama, Fantasy, Fashion, Humor, Leisure, Hobbies & Lifestyle, Modern & Contemporary, Toys, Women's Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Beauty, Popular Culture, Love
Item Width: 6in
Item Weight: 11.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 185 Pages
