An American Icon in Puerto Rico: Barbie, Girlhood, and Colonialism at Play (Transnational Girlhoods, 4) - Softcover

Aguiló-Pérez, Emily R.

 
9781805391111: An American Icon in Puerto Rico: Barbie, Girlhood, and Colonialism at Play (Transnational Girlhoods, 4)

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Since her creation in 1959, Barbie has become an icon of femininity to girls all over the world. In this monograph, author Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez explores the ways through which women and girls in Puerto Rico construct their own identities in relation to femininity, body image, race, and nationalism through Barbie play.

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Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez is an Associate Professor of English at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared in publications including The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children's Literature, Oxford Bibliographies in Childhood Studies, and Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures. She served as guest editor for a special issue of Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, and she is a book reviewer for Latinxs in Kid Lit.

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