Should Barbie come with instructions? : conventional and unconventional Barbie play

Adult attitudes toward the Barbie dolls are ambivalent, with many saying they encourage a variety of undesirable tendencies. This paper looks at the dramatic play that actually occurs with the dolls, much of it involving the normal behavior that one would expect in children who are becoming encultur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hicks, Robin M.
Other Authors: Merten, Don E.
Format: Others
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/186779
http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1191710