Deconstructing dolls: girlhoods and the meanings of play
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Interrogating the meanings of dolls : new directions in doll studies / Miriam Forman-Brunell -- Dolling up history : fictions of Jewish American girlhood / Lisa Marcus -- "A story, exemplified in a series of figures" : paper doll versus moral tale in the nineteenth century / Hannah Field -- From American girls into American women : a discussion of American girl doll nostalgia / Molly Brookfield -- Barbie versus modulor ideal bodies, buildings, and typical users / Frederika Eilers -- Handmade identities : girls, dolls and DIY / April Renée Mandrona -- An afternoon of productive play with problematic dolls : the importance of foregrounding children's voices in research / Rebecca C. Hains -- Some assembly required : black Barbie and the fabrication of Nicki Minaj / Jennifer Dawn Whitney -- Black girls and dolls navigating race, class, and gender in Toronto / Janet Rosemarie Seo.