Deconstructing Dolls : : Girlhoods and the Meanings of Play / / ed. by Miriam Forman-Brunell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Brookfield, Molly,; Eilers, Frederika,; Field, Hannah,; Forman-Brunell, Miriam,; Hains, Rebecca C.,; Marcus, Lisa,; Renée Mandrona, April,; Rosemarie Seow, Janet,
• HerausgeberIn: Forman-Brunell, Miriam,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction. Interrogating the Meanings of Dolls --; Chapter 1. Dolling Up History --; Chapter 2. “A Story, Exemplified in a Series of Figures” --; Chapter 3. From American Girls into American Women --; Chapter 4. Barbie versus Modulor --; Chapter 5. Handmade Identities --; Chapter 6. An Afternoon of Productive Play with Problematic Dolls --; Chapter 7. Some Assembly Required --; Chapter 8. Black Girls and Dolls Navigating Race, Class, and Gender in Toronto --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800731042; 9783110997675
• DOI: 10.1515/9781800731042?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Miriam Forman-Brunell.

In recent decades, emerging scholarship in the field of girlhood studies has led to a particular interest in dolls as sources of documentary evidence. Deconstructing Dolls pushes the boundaries of doll studies by expanding the definition of dolls, ages of doll players, sites of play, research methods, and application of theory. By utilizing a variety of new approaches, this collected volume seeks to understand the historical and contemporary significance of dolls and girlhood play, particularly as they relate to social meanings in the lives of girls and young women across race, age, time, and culture.