Deconstructing Dolls

Miriam Forman-Brunell is a professor of history and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

• List of illustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Interrogating the Meanings of Dolls: New Directions in Doll StudiesMiriam Forman-BrunellChapter 1. Dolling Up History: Fictions of Jewish American GirlhoodLisa MarcusChapter 2. “A Story, Exemplified in a Series of Figures”: Paper Doll versus Moral Tale in the Nineteenth CenturyHannah FieldChapter 3. From American Girls into American Women: A Discussion of American Girl Doll NostalgiaMolly BrookfieldChapter 4. Barbie versus Modulor: Ideal Bodies, Buildings, and Typical UsersFrederika EilersChapter 5. Handmade Identities: Girls, Dolls and DIYApril Renée MandronaChapter 6. An Afternoon of Productive Play with Problematic Dolls: The Importance of Foregrounding Children’s Voices in ResearchRebecca C. HainsChapter 7. Some Assembly Required: Black Barbie and the Fabrication of Nicki MinajJennifer Dawn WhitneyChapter 8. Black Girls and Dolls Navigating Race, Class, and Gender in TorontoJanet Rosemarie Seow