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FOREVER BARBIE: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF A REAL DOLL
M.G. Lord
GOOSE LANE EDITIONS, 2004
Barbie is a strong contender for the most overdetermined gender performance of the last half-century, argues M.G. Lord in Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll. Icon of American popular culture, Barbie is one of the world's best-known women and deserves a lot more respect. And if you accept those claims, you'll love Forever Barbie.
First released in 1994, and updated in 2004, Forever Barbie is a complex book. In equal parts worshipful, campy and critical, Lord attempts to unpack the many layers...