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a cultural analysis of the American Girl collection
Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introduction: Unpacking America's Doll; Overview; In the Business of Little Girls; Notes; Chapter 2: Branding the American Girl: The Making of Cultural Icons; Company Mission; The Original Dolls: Kirsten, Molly, and Samantha; Purchase by Mattel; Historical Doll Development; Brand Expansion: Contemporary Girlhood; Experiences and Retail; Studying American Girl; Notes; Chapter 3: Situating American Girl: Tools of Socialization in a Changing Culture; Children's Literature as a Tool of Socialization
Dolls as Tools of SocializationThe Marketing of American Girl in a Changing Culture; Values Inscribed on the Body of the Doll; Selling the American Girl Doll in a Neoliberal Economy; Backlash and Family Values; A Girl Power Doll; Unpacking American Girl Narratives; Notes; Chapter 4: "Baby Doll, You Made the World a Little Bit Better by Speaking Out for What You Believe In"​​: Narratives of Femininity and Political Action in the BeForever Collection; Rejecting the Devaluation of the Private Sphere: Significance of Family Work; Rejecting the Private: Using Voice in the Public
The Work of Community Building and Protest in the BeForever CollectionConstructing the Ideal American Girl Consumer; Constructions of Normative Femininity in the BeForever Collection; Mothers and Girls' Reception of Gender Representation in the BeForever Collection; Contradictions in Girlhood; Notes; Chapter 5: From "This Where Freedom Supposed to Be At" to "She Knew She Would Never Stop Speaking Out for What Was Right": Racial Logics and African American Identity in American Girl; Representing Race; Racialized Dolls; Colorblind Accessories
Love, Pain, and African American Doll Play in American GirlConstructing Racial Identity in the American Girl BeForever Collection; Notes; Chapter 6: "This Is My Home": Representing Race, Ethnicity, and the American Experience in American Girl; Whose Stories Get Told? Race, Ethnicity, and the American Experience in American Girl; Noticing/Not-Noticing Native American Experiences; Noticing/Not-Noticing Ethnic Others; Contradictory Logics of Race and Ethnicity in the American Girl BeForever Collection; Notes; Chapter 7: Conclusion: Constructing American Girlhood; Notes; Bibliography
General BibliographyAmerican Girl Books; American Girl Curricular Guides; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.