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COPYRIGHT 2004 Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Naked Barbies, Warrior Joes and Other Forms of Visible Gender. Jeannie Banks Thomas. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2003.
As popular culture and gender studies have gained more relevance in the contemporary world, so too has the study of the everyday items that inhabit our world. The observation of how simple three-dimensional items reflect the roles and perceptions of gender is the focus of Jeannie Banks Thomas's fine book, Naked Barbies. Thomas is quick to note early on that her areas of study (funeral statues, lawn...
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