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Doll de Maria Teresa Hart

Doll: Object Lessons

Autor Maria Teresa Hart
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 noi 2022
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
The haunted doll has long been a trope in horror movies, but like many fears, there is some truth at its heart. Dolls are possessed-by our aspirations. They're commonly used as a tool to teach mothering to young girls, but more often they are avatars of the idealized feminine self. (The word "doll" even acts as shorthand for a desirable woman.) They instruct girls what to strive for in society, reinforcing dominant patriarchal, heteronormative, white views around class, bodies, history, and celebrity, in insidious ways. Girls' dolls occupy the opposite space of boys' action figures, which represent masculinity, authority, warfare, and conflict. By analyzing dolls from 17th century Japanese Hinamatsuri festivals, to the '80s American Girl Dolls, and even to today's bitmoji, "Doll" reveals how the objects society encourages us to play with as girls shape the women we become.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781501380860
ISBN-10: 1501380869
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 120 x 164 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Object Lessons

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Introduction
Play Date #1
1. Bodies that Matter: The Barbie Doll
Play Date #2
2. All that Money Can Buy: The Porcelain Doll
Play Date #3
3. The Stories We Tell: The American Girl Doll
Play Date #4
4. How to Live Forever: The Celebrity Doll
Play Date #5
5. Virtual Proxy: The Avatar "Doll"
Conclusion
Acknowledgment
Index

Recenzii

Peppered with personal anecdotes and punctuated by a critical feminist lens, Hart provides a highly accessible introduction to the field of doll studies. [.] Rejecting a popular tendency to view dolls through either a feminist or celebratory lens, Hart argues that dolls can simultaneously serve as tools of socialization through which we learn dominant ideologies about gender, race, and social class and as landscapes in which children (often girls) can explore various identities.
Some of the information is jaw dropping ... It is very readable and relatable.
The fascinating facts [Hart] uncovered about the women behind the industry and her observations about how dolls are emotional vectors-simultaneously objects of scorn and adoration-are revelatory and relatable.
Maria Teresa Hart's Doll is a fascinating personal and public exploration of the deeper meanings behind the plastic, polymer, and porcelain playthings that still shape American girlhood.
Doll is a heartfelt, intimate, and clever study of objects that terrify some and thrill others. Maria Teresa Hart answers the question "what makes dolls so special, anyway?" while giving us new perspective on these tiny, fragile mirrors.
Aqua once sang of Barbie, "life in plastic, it's fantastic." The same could also be said of the experience of reading this great contribution by Maria Teresa Hart to the Object Lessons series. Through an analysis of "doll culture" Hart demonstrates the value of thinking with things. Dolls have much to teach us about issues of gender, sexuality, and girlhood. Through an exploration of different brands and styles, Hart reveals the stories we tell with and about dolls, and what thinking about them can tell us about our world.
Entertaining and brilliant, this deceptively slim book packs all the potent drama and intrigue of the world of childhood doll play itself. A fascinating exploration of self and society that is equal parts enlightening, nostalgic, and insightful. An important addition to the literature of feminist cultural history that readers are bound to return to again and again.
Another spectacular part of this (Object Lessons) series. So much packed into such a small package, and yet so immensely readable as well.