Barbie ™ Background and Cultural Impact
On this page you'll find selected resources supporting discussion and research related to Barbie ™, the commercial product and its cultural impact, for students and instructors in Cluster 72 and any other interested researchers.
- Barbie ™ Research Guide from the UWV LibrariesSee tabs for Art and Subversion, Fandom and Pop Culture, Design, Marketing and more!
- Toys That Build America, Season 1 Episode 2: Clash of the Toy TitansAvailable via Kanopy streaming video database. May require VPN to access.
- Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie2018 documentary. Click link to request via ILL. (Also available on Hulu app.)
- Barbie : four decades of fashion, fantasy, and fun / Marco Tosa.Available from SRLF. Login to My Library Account to Request.
- Barbie Culture"This book uses one of the most popular accessories of childhood, the Barbie doll, to explain key aspects of cultural meaning...". Available in print at Young Research Library.
- Casting color : black barbie and the black doll as racial barometerA chapter in the book Fading out Black and White : racial ambiguity in American culture by Lisa Simone Kingstone. Available in print at Young Research Library.
- My First Black Barbie: Transforming the ImageRaynor, Sharon; Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications
Cultural studies, critical methodologies, 2009, Vol.9 (2), p.179-185 - Barbie unbound : a parody of the Barbie obsession / Sarah Strohmeyer ; photos by Geoff Hansen.Strohmeyer, Sarah, author.; Norwich, Vermont : New Victoria 1997913971810606531. Available through interlibrary loan request.
- Joe L. Kincheloe -- The book of Barbie: after half a century, the bitch continues to have everythingFrom Kinderculture : the corporate construction of childhood / edited by Shirley R. Steinberg.
- Ana Patricia Rodríguez -- La Princesa Plástica : hegemonic and oppositional representations of Latinidad in Hispanic BarbieFrom bananas to buttocks : the Latina body in popular film and culture / edited by Myra Mendible.
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Barbie ™, Sex, Sexuality, and Gender
- You can buy a child a curvy Barbie doll, but you can’t make her like it: Young girls’ beliefs about Barbie dolls with diverse shapes and sizesHarriger, Jennifer A. ; Schaefer, Lauren M. ; Kevin Thompson, J. ; Cao, Li; AMSTERDAM: Elsevier Ltd
Body image, 2019, Vol.30, p.107-113, Article 107 - “Boys Can Be Anything”: Effect of Barbie Play on Girls’ Career CognitionsSherman, Aurora M. ; Zurbriggen, Eileen L.; Boston: Springer US
Sex roles, 2014, Vol.70 (5-6), p.195-208, Article 195 - Children’s Sexualisation and Toys Barbie Doll as a Sexual Token in Sarah Strohmeyer’s Barbie UnboundSee link to request Barbie Unbound book above.
- Barbie's queer accessories (1995)Rand, Erica, 1958- author.; Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 1995. Available in print at Powell Library.
Find more articles and books about Barbie and gender, sexuality, body image, and more in the following databases:
- GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
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Full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across multiple subject areas. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and more. - LGBTQ+ Life This link opens in a new window
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Contains indexing and abstracts for LGBTQ-specific core periodicals, core books and reference works. In addition, other source-types such as grey literature, including newsletters, case studies, speeches, etc. are represented. Former database title: LGBT Life. - Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to citations for a wide range of topics in the study of women and gender, 1972-present.
Barbie ™ (2023) Film Reception and Analysis
- Barbie and body image: a scholar's take on the research - and the blockbuster filmMarris, Emma; BERLIN: NATURE PORTFOLIO Nature (London), 2023, Vol.620 (7973), p.254-255
- Why Barbie and not Oppenheimer A Film Review of Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2023Naylor, Robert Luke; OXFORD: Elsevier Ltd
Endeavour (New series), 2023, Vol.47 (3), p.100873-100873, Article 100873 - Unpacking The Barbie Movie: 20 Questions to Discuss with Your KidsThis guide is aimed at discussing the Barbie film with kids. Many questions included might be good for adults to ask themselves too!
- The ultimate guide to barbie (film)Cleveland : A360 Media, LLC. 2023. Film credits and details.
- Lebanon moves to ban Barbie for ‘promoted homosexuality’: Thankfully, you can still see Barbie in UK cinemasJames, Alastair. Attitude; London (Aug 11, 2023).
- Barbie star Hari Nef shares heartfelt letter to Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie: "BARBIE looms large over every American woman," wrote the Transparent starJames, Alastair. Attitude; London (Apr 5, 2023).
- MOVIE REVIEW JULY 18, 2023 We Shouldn’t Have to Grade Barbie on a Curve Portrait of Alison Willmore By Alison Willmore, a Vulture film criticAllison Willmore, Vulture, July 2023.
Find more film critic reviews at https://www.metacritic.com/movie/barbie/
Many of the links above are popular sources of information. Why aren't there more scholarly sources about the Barbie movie available? Because the Peer Review Process can take months to years, depending on the nature and discipline of the research. Learn more about the Peer Review Process by watching this video.