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Some of My Best Dolls Are Black: Colorblind Rhetoric in Online Collecting Communities
<p>While dolls are beloved play objects, they have also been the subject of social critique for many years. From the generic "baby" to the sexualized Barbie, they have been alternately praised and vilified for their role in forming the behaviors and identities of the children who play with them. …
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"And that's what I think being an American girl is all about!" : girls' reflections on American Girl and contemporary American girlhood
… part of their 2007 “What Does it Mean to be an American Girl?” exhibit. Inspired by-- and anchored with-- the fictional protagonists of the wildly popular American Girls Collection, the exhibit “celebrate[d] the spirit of girlhood in America” through its displays, living history events, and of …