Mondo Barbie
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (813 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312088485 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 185 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Mondo Barbie" according to Helen Dyer. This wonderful book is full of wit and sadness. These stories and poems make one laugh, cry and wince, and through them all screams the voice of a culture obsessed. This book should NOT be out of print.. Manola Sommerfeld said Perfect for lazy summer weekends. Fun book all the way around, from the Barbie-pink pages to the cover, not to mention the contents. This was at times a Barbie that I could have never imagined. My favorite story is "Twelve-Step Barbie", in which she lives in the L.A. area and as the title indicates has been out and about. There were some cult Barbies in "The Barbie Murders", a good sci-fi thriller. Another great story is "Barbie Comes Out" (one thing I love. Five Stars Loads of fun. Loved the book.
. Richard Peabody is the co-editor of the literary journal Gargoyle, based in Washington, DC
Barbie is an American icon. But Barbie becomes a problem when the adult fantasy collides with the child's fantasy? All that misplaced Barbie angst of our youth, all the childhood conditioning, and the adult results are revealed at last in Mondo Barbie.
From Publishers Weekly Members of the Barbie Generation have come of age, and they are taking no prisoners. This terrific collection of short stories, poems and memoirs explores what the Barbie doll, now in her 30s, means and has meant to young women (and some young men). Barbie's steady upholding of the American ideal of femininity through three decades of feminist upheaval provides rich material for these smart and brash authors, who include Sandra Cisneros and Alice McDermott. In the more way-out contributions, Ken under