Transnational Girlhoods: An American Icon in Puerto Rico : Barbie Girlhood and Colonialism at Play (Series #4) (Hardcover)

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Since her creation in 1959 Barbie has become an icon of femininity to girls all over the world. In this study author Emily R. Aguilâo-Pâerez focuses on a group of multigenerational Puerto Rican women and girls exploring how playing with Barbie dolls as children has impacted their lives. By documenting the often-complicated relationships girls have with Barbie dolls Aguilâo-Pâerez highlights the ways through which women and girls construct their own identities in relation to femininity body image race and nationalism through Barbie play -- Since her creation in 1959 Barbie has become an icon of femininity to girls all over the world. In this study author Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez focuses on a group of multigenerational Puerto Rican women and girls exploring how playing with Barbie dolls as children has impacted their lives. By documenting the often-complicated relationships girls have with Barbie dolls Aguiló-Pérez highlights the ways through which women and girls construct their own identities in relation to femininity body image race and nationalism through Barbie play.