Naked Barbies, Warrior Joes, and Other Forms of Visible Gender-Quality Guarantee

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Title: Naked Barbies, Warrior Joes, and Other Forms of Visible Gender

Author: Jeannie B Thomas

ISBN: 9780252071355

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2003

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

Edition: Illustrated

Number of Pages: 232

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Publisher : In this folkloric examination of mass-produced material culture in the United States, Jeannie Banks Thomas examines the gendered sculptural forms that are among the most visible, including Barbie, Ken, and G.I. Joe dolls; yard figures (gnomes, geese, and flamingos); and cemetery statuary (angels, sports-related images, figures of the Virgin Mary, soldiers, and politicians).Images of females are often emphasized or sexualized, frequently through nudity or partial nudity, whereas those of the male body are not only clothed but also armored in the trappings of action and aggression. Thomas locates these various objects of folk art within a discussion of the post-women’s movement discourse on addition to the items themselves, Thomas explores the stories and behaviors they generate, including legends of the supernatural about cemetery statues, oral narratives of yard artists and accounts of pranks involving yard art, narratives about children’s play with Barbie, Ken, and G.I. Joe, and the electronic folklore (or “e-lore”) about Barbie that circulates on the Internet.