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The Ultimate Barbie Doll Book: Identification and Price Guide
Marcie Melillo Manufacturer: Krause Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0873498763 |
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Beginner Barbie Collector- Excellent Book! .......2007-09-05
Ultimate identification guide.......2007-08-08
This is a Beautiful Barbie Doll Book.......2007-07-11
The Ultimate Barbie Doll Book.......2007-01-13
Fantastic!.......2007-01-10
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Barbie Fashion, 1959-1967 (Barbie Doll Fashion)
Sarah Sink Eames Manufacturer: Collector Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0891454187 |
Book Description
This beautiful, entertaining book features hundreds of full-color photos of Barbie doll fashions, detailed descriptions, and current values. A stylebook of fashions complete with all accessories. 2004 values. AUTHORBIO: Sarah Sink Eames's favorite plaything as a child grew into a lifetime of Barbie doll collecting. Sarah has been a speaker and judge at national Barbie Doll conventions. She was president of Star City Doll Club, a UFDC club, and she edited A Detailed Listing and Value Guide to Barbie Doll Fashions, Volume I and II. She is the author of Barbie Doll Fashion Volume I,II, and III. REVIEW: This volume is the first in a three-volume series by author Sarah Sink Eames. It documents all of Barbie's fashions from the years 1959 through 1967, and includes Ken doll fashions and rare gift sets.Customer Reviews:
THE book.......2007-10-03
Barbie Fashion book review-1959-1967.......2007-07-05
Doll Crazy.......2007-05-07
A MUST FOR THE BARBIE DOLL COLLECTOR!!.......2006-11-10
Barbie Fashion, 1959-1967.......2006-08-17
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Barbie Live: The World's Most Famous Doll Having the Time of Her Life!
Lisa Birnbach Manufacturer: Universe ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0789304872 Release Date: 2000-11-11 |
Book Description
Imagine Barbie as a nightclub singer, race-car driver, or presidential candidate. Picture her as a graceful ballet dancer on pointe, as a leather-clad biker babe on the back of a Harley, or as the great film icons-Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle, Judy Garland as Dorothy, Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra. In Barbie Live she is all of this and more.Stepping into these delicious roles, Barbie acts out her fabulous dreams and aspirations, adopting a new persona on every page and having the time of her life. In spectacular designer clothing-by Bob Mackie, Vera Wang, Christian Dior, and others-she attends exciting Hollywood events and New York photo shoots. Around the world at such hot spots as St. Bart's, Paris, Malibu, and Martha's Vineyard, Barbie takes us on her quest for fame-as a rock star, as an artist, and ultimately as a movie star. But is fame and fortune all that Barbie dreamed it would be?
Nancy Ellison's gorgeous full-color photography taken expressly for this book is filled with vitality and emotion. Lisa Birnbach provides the voice of Barbie in her fun, playful text. Barbie Live is the ultimate Barbie collector's item for children and adults alike.
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Barbie Doll Fashion: Vol. 2, 1968-1974 (Barbie Doll Fashion)
Sarah Sink Eames Manufacturer: Collector Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0891457585 |
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Barbie Doll Fashion II continues the documentation of the wardrobes of Barbie doll, her family, and friends. Volume II progresses from 1968 through 1974. Many outfits included a hat, shoes, jewelry, and other tiny accessories. Over 700 gorgeous color photographs with detailed descriptions and current values.2002 values. AUTHORBIO: Sarah Sink Eames's favorite plaything as a child grew into a lifetime of Barbie doll collecting. Sarah has been a speaker and judge at national Barbie Doll conventions. She was president of Star City Doll Club, a UFDC club, and she edited A Detailed Listing and Value Guide to Barbie Doll Fashions, Volume I and II. She is the author of Barbie Doll Fashion Volume I,II, and III. REVIEW: This is the second volume in a three-volume series by author Sarah Eames. Spanning the years 1968 through 1974, the book contains the continuation of documentation of the wardrobes of the Barbie doll, her family, and friends. The book is broken into chapters which contain the outfits for each of the dolls for that particular year, based on Mattel's dealer catalogs and dating. Costumes are photographed out of the box when possible to show more detail.Customer Reviews:
Barbie doll Fashion-1968-1974.......2007-07-05
Barbie Doll Fashion Vol 2.......2006-08-17
Collectors shouldn't be without it:.......2003-08-31
Bible for Barbie collectors!.......2003-08-28
The Most Beautiful and Informative of All Barbie Books.......2003-01-25
'Barbie Doll Fashion: 1968-1974' covers the fashions from Barbie's exciting Mod era, and includes fashions not only for Barbie, but for her friends and family as well. These include original outfits, Pak outfits, Best Buys, Get Ups and Gos, Store Exclusives and every other type of outfit available from 1968 to 1974.
Each outfit is described in detail, with a photograph showing the outfit and all accessories next to it, laying flat. Some outfits are shown on the doll. The photography is stunning, by far the best of any Barbie book I've ever seen.
'Barbie Doll Fashion: 1968-1974' isn't just informative, it's a catalogue of dreams to build on, and a fun book just to sit and look at. You'll never be sorry you own it!
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The Barbie Doll Years: A Comprehensive Listing & Value Guide of Dolls & Accessories (Barbie Doll Years)
Patrick C. Olds , and Joyce L. Olds Manufacturer: Collector Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1574324624 |
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Although many identification and reference books have been written about Barbie dolls, most of them are very difficult to search for basic information. Since the first edition of The Barbie Doll Years, Patrick and Joyce Olds have made cataloging a collection a snap. Every Barbie doll, her friends, and their accessories are listed alphabetically by name and by year, making it possible to locate a specific doll even if you only know one of these details. Over 30,000 listings are at your fingertips, featured in a way that makes identification of one or 100 dolls easy. Cases, furniture, houses, paper dolls, childrens clothes, jewelry, games, and more are included, as well as over 100 beautiful full-color photographs of vintage Barbie dolls. To make it a complete reference, current market values based on actual selling prices throughout the country are provided. This essential guide is a must for all Barbie doll collectors and dealers.Customer Reviews:
Barbie research.......2007-06-08
Barbie Book is a hit.......2007-03-20
Not for the average collector.......2005-06-13
ONLY AN UNREAL PRICE LIST.......2002-11-10
Barbie.......2001-12-06
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Barbie Culture (Cultural Icons series)
Mary F. Rogers Manufacturer: Sage Publications Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0761958886 Release Date: 1999-02-02 |
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How are images of the body mediated through cultural signs? How does sexual stereotyping work? In what way are these themes bound up in modern consumerism? This book uses one of the most popular accessories of girlhood, the Barbie doll, to explain key aspects of cultural meaning.
Some readings would see Barbie as reproducing ethnicity and gender in a particularly coarse and damaging way - a cultural icon of racism and sexism. Rogers develops a broader, more challenging picture. She shows how the cultural meaning of Barbie is more ambiguous than the narrow, appearance-dominated model that is attributed to the doll. For a start, Barbie’s sexual identity is not clear-cut. Similarly her class situation is ambiguous. But all interpretations agree that, with her enormous range of lifestyle `accessories', Barbie exists to consume. Her infinitely plastic body mirrors an infinitely plastic self that resonates with postmodern notions of fluidity, multiplicity and localised meanings.
Barbie is a hugely versatile cultural icon who helps crystallize for the reader, whether researcher or student, the range and texture of core themes in contemporary society.
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Good theory, lack of support.......2003-08-22
Her ideas are good, but executed poorly. This book is good if you are looking for ideas to use when studying Barbie's effects on our culture, but not good for providing a detailed analysis of Barbie's position as an icon.
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Collector's Encyclopedia Of Barbie Doll Exclusives: Identification & Values 1972-2004 (Collector's Encyclopedia of Barbie Doll Exclusives and More)
Michael J. Augustyniak Manufacturer: Collector Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1574324047 |
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From AAFES to Zeller's, this is the only book you will ever need to identify and value your retailer exclusive Barbie dolls! This book includes all retail exclusives since 1972, when Montgomery Ward issued their own 'original Barbie' on the occasion of their 100th anniversary. As of 2004 over 90 retailers have sold a Barbie exclusive at one time. This exhaustive book includes all of those retailers and their treasures, and many dolls feature close-ups for ease in identification. Over 500 dolls not shown in previous editions have been added to this volume, along with 60 new fashions. Fans of Barbie doll's little sister Kelly will be delighted to learn that over 100 Kelly dolls have been added, making this a great Kelly reference as well. Some of the latest retailers to join the exclusives bandwagon include Big Lots, Dollar General, Hard Rock Cafe, Mary Kay Cosmetics, the Mattel Store, See's Candies, and Walgreen's. It's author Augustyniak's best work yet.Customer Reviews:
Collector's Encyclopedia Of Barbie Doll Exclusives: Identification & Values 1972-2004 .......2007-06-08
Barbie collector book.......2007-04-11
Collector's Encyclopedia Of Barbie Doll Exclusives: Identification & Values 1972-2004 .......2007-01-16
Collector's Encyp. of Barbie Doll Exclusivies/1972-2004.......2006-07-20
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Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll
M. G. Lord Manufacturer: Walker & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0802776949 |
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A very good book for a rainy day.......2006-05-16
Impressively skewed........2005-09-30
Great book!.......2004-05-20
I love it! Too bad itýs out of print.......2001-12-25
The history of Barbie's creation, her marketing and engineering by Mattel.
The differences between male and female executives in handling of the Barbie line.
Ruth Handler, Barbie's creator, and other prominent women in Barbie's life such as Charlotte Johnson, who designed her clothes in the early years, Judy Shackelford, Mattel's first female vice president, and Jill Barad, the marketing director & later Mattel COO, who pioneered the "We Girls Can Do Anything" advertising campaign in 1984.
A history of Barbie and ethnic identity (unfortunately someone had clipped pages out of this chapter in the library copy I read, so I can't say too much about it.)
Explorations of symbolic, sexual, & psychological meanings of the doll.
I found this book fascinating. A very enjoyable read. While it explores both the positive and negative views women have had of Barbie, I especially enjoyed the positive, including Barbie's history as a single independent career woman, the powerful career women involved in her creation, manufacture, & marketing over the years, and the somewhat fanciful but enjoyable discussion of her as a mythical archetype of the feminine.
I like when this book ventures into realms of the bizarre, like the exploration of Barbie's image in the context of fetishism and pornography. I suppose some people might be disturbed or offended by this, however.
I was frustrated by the lack of a list of illustrations, since photographs appear throughout the text, & are often mentioned later in the book. It's hard to go back and find the picture she's talking about.
I was confused by the author `s seeming lack of awareness that people might read the book 6 or more years after its publication. For instance, she refers to women of the Barbie generation as "women under 40." I had to think to realize this included me, since I'm not under 40 now, but I was when the book was published in 1994. The confusion will increase as years go by.
This is too bad, since the book is a unique treatment of Barbie in cultural context, and should be read well into the future by students of popular culture as well as individuals who like to ponder such things. Unfortunately, it's out of print. This makes it unlikely that a 2nd edition will ever appear, which is also too bad, since I would love to know what the author has to say about innovations subsequent to its publication, such as Barbie's new more lifelike proportions, and the introduction of her belly-button.
Some people might find this book too intellectual, or possibly over their heads. Probably many people who like to ponder the meanings of popular culture are anti-Barbie, and might be turned off by the book's positive spin on the doll. Barbie enthusiasts might be put off by the negative spin, as well as the stranger explorations. I love the book, but I have to admit it's not for everybody. Maybe that's why it's out of print. But if you are open to both sides of the Barbie controversy, and like to wax philosophical and think about things, this book is definitely for you.
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Taking Journalism Seriously: News and the Academy
Barbie Zelizer Manufacturer: Sage Publications, Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0803973144 |
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"Barbie Zelizer provides enormous service to students and scholars with this comprehensive and highly persuasive critique of the literature in and about journalism as both process and practice, as a profession and an industry. Zelizer takes a step back to look at what we know about news, and she does not pull her punches in pointing out what we do not know."
-Linda Steiner, Rutgers University
"Zelizer's encyclopedic review of scholarly studies of journalism fills an important need for researchers, and comparing that scholarship across disciplines, generations and countries makes it even more valuable. . . Her analyses will be invaluable for media research and should also spur interest in journalism among the social science and other disciplines she studied. . .The book is an impressive achievement."
-Herbert J. Gans, Columbia University and author of Democracy and the News
" Taking Journalism Seriously is a refulgent analysis of the condition of journalism studies. Zelizer has produced a critical and lasting contribution to our understanding of the position of news, journalism and journalism practice within the disciplines of political science, sociology, psychology, philosophy, language and cultural studies. This excellent book is an engaging and sophisticated treatise on both the historical and contemporary theoretical perspectives of journalism scholarship."
-Howard Tumber, City University, London
How have scholars tended to conceptualize news, newsmaking, journalism, journalists, and the news media? Which explanatory frames have they used to explore journalistic practice? From which fields of inquiry have they borrowed in shaping their assumptions about how journalism works? In
Taking Journalism Seriously: News and the Academy, author Barbie Zelizer discusses questions about the viability of the field of journalism scholarship and examines journalism as a discipline, a profession, a practice, and a cultural phenomenon.
Taking Journalism Seriously argues that scholars have remained too entrenched within their own disciplinary areas resulting in isolated bodies of scholarship. This is the first book to critically survey journalism scholarship in one volume and organize it by disparate fields. The book reviews existing journalism research in such diverse fields as sociology, history, language studies, political science, and cultural analysis and dissects the most prevalent and understated research in each discipline.
The author provides a critical mapping of the field of journalism studies and encourages academics to look at journalism from various disciplinary perspectives. Taking Journalism Seriously advocates a realignment of the ways in which journalism has traditionally been conceptualized and urges scholars to think anew about what journalism is as well as reflect on why they see it as they do.
Taking Journalism Seriously is designed for undergraduate and graduate students in advanced courses on Journalism and Journalism Studies. It will also be of interest to scholars, academics, and researchers in the fields of Journalism, Communication, Media Studies, Sociology, and Cultural Studies.
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A more than thorough exploration of the media.......2004-08-13
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Barbie Magnetic Fashions: Book and Playset (Barbie Magnet Kit)
Cappi Novell Manufacturer: Reader's Digest ProductGroup: Book Binding: Board book Similar Items:
ASIN: 0794406734 |
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Book and Playset
This perfectly portable case is packed with cool stuff. You'll find fashion notebook containing lots of pictures of Barbie fashions, eight magnetic play scenes, and two magnetic sheets with over 60 magnets. You can check out Barbie's notebook for her fashion ideas and tips, and then create your very own fashion-forward scenes with the play scenes and magnets.
Customer Reviews:
Great toy that holds my daughter's interest.......2007-08-08
Nice compact magnetic dress up set.......2007-05-27
Great Idea.......2007-01-13
Good Buy - Keeps Interest - Fun.......2006-05-13
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