A Study on Androgynous Style in the Barbie Doll Collection

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-38
Author(s):  
Jeong Kyung Shin ◽  
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Joon Hoa Lee
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1993 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamy Cunningham
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2019 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 31-32
Author(s):  
Philip Frisk
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Brief student personal response statements to this poem lead to lively discussions of the politics of gender, and also of race.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pekka Mertala

The current smart toy research has not fully acknowledged the existing research on traditional toys. Instead, the focus has been on the digital layer of smart toys. This study contributes to bridging the gap between traditional and smart toy research by applying the analytical model known as the functional manipulation potential of toys (FMP) to identify if and how smart features such as connectivity affect otherwise traditional toys. Based on purposeful sampling of informant-rich cases, this study uses FMP to analytically compare the digitally enhanced Hello Barbie doll to a traditional Barbie. The data, analyzed using abductive methods, comprises the tangible dolls and the 8,000 lines of dialogue that Hello Barbie can speak. The results show that connectivity can notably change the FMP of an otherwise traditional toy. These changes took place in two forms: additions and amplifications. Additions mean that Hello Barbie contains functional elements a traditional Barbie does not. Amplifications refer to situations where already existing elements were augmented by the connectivity. Implications for future research are discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 436
Author(s):  
Huriye Gürdallı ◽  
Mine Keten

<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>The most influential learning method, games, starts in the childhood and toys, which is the tool of games are qualified as the start of a journey that teaches social roles and life itself. Aside the fact that it contributes to the development of children in a unique way, it is the most in natural learning habitat for the child. To provide children with a happy life with the help of toys is the main condition for a child to prepare for future with strong steps. It was also observed that girls generally play with toys like kitchen sets and babies. At this point, it is non striking that Barbie and Barbie homes are the most favored toys of 20<sup>th</sup> century. But, are these toys, which are bought frequently by parents for their children as innocent as they seen?  This paper aimes to make critics and examinations towards babies’ homes which also be done for Barbie, and sort out the women’s roles in society and culture, which they indigenized. In the scope of this study literature review had been done. Homes changes are recognized in process and, new and commercial films had been observed. This article studies the influence of interior design of the Barbie houses that were put on to the market right after the first Barbie to the girls’, thus our women’s, subconscious, their position in the society and culture and their perception with an interdisciplinary perspective.</p><p><strong>Öz</strong></p><p>Çocuklukta başlayan ve en etkili öğrenme şekli olan oyun ve onun aracı olan oyuncak, toplumsal rolleri ve hayatı öğreten yolculuğun bir başlangıcı olarak nitelendirilmektedir. Oyun, çocuğun en doğal öğrenme ortamı olduğu gibi gelişimine eşi bulunmaz katkılar sağlamaktadır. Oyun aracılığıyla, çocuğa mutlu bir yaşantı sağlamak, çocuğun geleceğe emin adımlarla hazırlanabilmesinin birincil şartıdır. Oyunun basit aracı olarak kullanılan oyuncaklar tüketim kültürü ve toplumun sosyo-kültürel yapısı ile doğrudan bağlantılıdır. Bu yapıda cinsiyet oyuncak kullanımında ya da tüketiminde belirleyici faktörlerden biri olmaktadır. Kız çocuklar genellikle bebekler ve mutfak setleriyle, erkek çocukların ise arabalar ve inşaat araçlarıyla oynamayı sevdiği toplumdaki yaygın kanıdır. Bu çalışmada, Barbie bebeklere yönelik yapılan incelemelerin ve eleştirilerin evleri için de yapılarak, kadınların toplum içerisinde benimsedikleri role olan etkisinin ortaya çıkarılması hedeflenmiştir. Barbie bebek evleri, cinsiyet-mekân ilişkisinin toplumsal rollerin gelişmesi üzerinden okunmasına imkan vermesi açısından seçilmiştir. Mekansal elemanların seçimi ve organizasyonu açısından da cinsiyete dayalı toplumsal rollerin alan sınırları yeniden üretilerek sunulmaktadır. Barbie bebek evlerinin ortaya çıktıkları ilk günden bugüne, süreç içerisinde geçirdikleri değişimler gözlemlenirken dönemin yayın organlarında yayımlanan haberler incelenmiş ve reklam filmeri izlenmiştir. Çalışma yedi Barbie evinin seçilmesiyle sınırlandırılmış ve bu oyuncakların iç mekân tasarımları üzerinden kız çocuklarının, dolayısı ile kadınların toplum içerisindeki konumu ve algılanış biçimine olan etkisi araştırılmıştır.</p>


2020 ◽  
Vol III (I) ◽  
pp. 52-64
Author(s):  
Hira Ahmad

This research was done to check the influence of Barbie movies among youth. As most of the time the portrayal of women, even in the face of Barbie is feeble, submissive, oppressed and dependent. Feminism and the presentation of women is a vast perspective. The study revealed that there is women empowerment through Barbie movies and Barbie and women itself is not a symbol of sexism but a pronounced and considerable character of our life with broader ascendancy. For all the three questions of women empowerment the total percentage were more towards agreement i.e.; 45%, moderate 26%, disagree 13%, strongly agree 7.6%, while strongly disagree 5.3%. Youth is leaner towards its positive aspect rather than negativity. Some other aspects like, content analysis of those Barbie movies can be done, which are presenting more independent and empowered Barbies, or scenes can analyze that content is related to feminism.


Consultant ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-57
Author(s):  
Paige Condit ◽  
Jennifer Schramm ◽  
Debra Esernio-Jenssen ◽  
Dobie L. Giles ◽  
Barbara L. Knox
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