Made to Play House: Dolls and the Commercialization of American Girlhood, 1830-1930
Author:   Miriam Formanek-Brunell (University of Missouri, Kansas City)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   New edition
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9780801860621


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   25 January 1999
Recommended Age:   From 17
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Miriam Formanek-Brunell (University of Missouri, Kansas City)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.397kg
ISBN:  

9780801860621


ISBN 10:   0801860628
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   25 January 1999
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. The Politics of Dollhood in Nineteenth-Century America Chapter 2. Masculinity, Technology, and the Doll Economy, 1860-1906 Chapter 3. In The Dolls' House, the Material Maternalism of Martha Chase, 1889-1914 Chapter 4. Marketing a Campbell Kids Culture, Engendering New Kid Dolls, 1902-1914 Chapter 5. New Women and Talismen, Rose O'Neill and the Kewpies, 1909-1914 Chapter 6. Forging the American Doll Industry, 1914-1929 Chapter 7. Children's Day, Constructing a Consumer Culture For Girls, 1900-1930 Epilogue: Agents or Agency, Dolls in Modern America Since 1930 Notes Index

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<p>Provides a fresh perspective on the construction of gender in America..a pioneering book of interest to collectors, historians of women and of consumer culture, and anyone who has a child who plays with dolls.--Molly Ladd-Taylor Journal of American History


<p> Provides a fresh perspective on the construction of gender in America..a pioneering book of interest to collectors, historians of women and of consumer culture, and anyone who has a child who plays with dolls. -- Molly Ladd-Taylor, Journal of American History


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Miriam Formanek-Brunell is associate professor of history and director of women's and gender studies at the University of Missouri in Kansas City.

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