TY - BOOK ID - 135149434 TI - Deconstructing dolls : girlhoods and the meanings of play PY - 2021 SN - 1800731043 PB - New York, New York State : Berghahn Books, DB - UniCat KW - Girls. KW - Sex role in children. KW - Dolls KW - Play KW - Social aspects. KW - American Girl (Firm). KW - american girl doll. KW - american girl. KW - anthropology. KW - barbie doll. KW - barbies. KW - beauty. KW - black dolls. KW - bratz dolls. KW - childrens studies. KW - cultural social. KW - documentary evidence. KW - doll players. KW - doll studies. KW - dolls. KW - emerging scholarship. KW - engaging. KW - family. KW - gender studies. KW - generational. KW - girlhood studies. KW - growing up. KW - life changes. KW - lifetime. KW - page turner. KW - realistic. KW - retrospective. KW - romance. KW - sites of play. KW - social importance. KW - social meanings. KW - social science. KW - sociology. KW - students and teachers. KW - women and girls. KW - womens issues. KW - young womanhood. KW - young women. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135149434 AB - In recent decades, emerging scholarship in the field of girlhood studies has led to a particular interest in dolls as sources of documentary evidence. Deconstructing Dolls pushes the boundaries of doll studies by expanding the definition of dolls, ages of doll players, sites of play, research methods, and application of theory. By utilizing a variety of new approaches, this collected volume seeks to understand the historical and contemporary significance of dolls and girlhood play, particularly as they relate to social meanings in the lives of girls and young women across race, age, time, and culture. ER -