The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00GUEC67A |
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| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Review Assignment" according to Amazon Customer. The Good, The Bad, And The Barbie introduces characters such as Ruth Handler, Isadore Elliott Handler, Harold Matson, and Barbie. The main character of this book is Barbie because she is the doll that everyone is influenced by and has many different opinions about. Ruth Handler and Isadore Handler, also known as . Gave it to my niece for her Birthday and she loved it! Amazon Customer A very different take on Barbie dolls. Gave it to my niece for her Birthday and she loved it!. "Very good book on Barbie." according to J. Shea. Bought for my mom's birthday. Impressed with the overall quality of this book. I am not an expert on the subject, but I read through it and was impressed.
Was she a destructive role model or just a toy? Experts disagree. In this balanced overview, both sides of the quandary are addressed. In the prologue, Meg Cabot describes her desire for a Barbie and her mother's reluctance to purchase one, basically summing up the conflict surrounding the doll since its introduction in 1959. Listeners learn about Mattel Toys and the background behind Barbie's concept and development, how it was a solution for girls who wanted to imagine adult roles rather than just play mother, and details about inventor Ruth Handler. But more than that, Stone reveals the pathos behind so many relationships of girls with Barbie: those who cherished her and those who were negatively influenced. Barbie's different roles, graduating from nurse to surgeon, stewardess to pilot, and always a woman of her own means, reflect societal changes over the past 50 years as well.