WSRC resources include:
Lord, M. 1995 Forever Barbie: the unauthorized biography of a real doll
This resource has an interview with the author here:
[http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/03/sexy-career-minded-barbie-turns-50-5-questions-for-author-barbie-expert-mg-lord/]
Urla J. Swedlund A. ‘The anthropometry of barbie: unsettling ideas of the feminine body in popular culture’ in Schiebinger, L. 2000, Feminism and the body, New York: Oxford University
This resource is also available as a chapter within this pdf:
[http://www.pineforge.com/upm-data/19289_Chapter_5.pdf]
**Ducille, Anne ‘Black Barbie and the deep play of difference’ in Shiach, Morag 1999 Feminism and cultural studies, Oxford University Press, p.106- **
Wolf, Naomi 1991 The beauty myth: how images of beauty are used against women
Online Resources Include
The Politics of Being Barbie - Wendy Varney - ABC
[http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2526027.htm]
Blonde ambition - Rosemary Neill - The Australian
[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25100181-16947,00.html?from=public_rss]
Barbie: Target Women Sarah Haskins - a humourous account of Barbie [http://current.com/topics/88813968/target_women/new/0.htm]
All our resources are donations - do you have any you can give?
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Barbie: The Icon, the Image, the Ideal an Analytical Interpretation of the Barbie Doll in Popular Culture (Paperback)
[http://www.amazon.com/Barbie-Analytical-Interpretation-Popular-Culture/dp/1581128282/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222665149&sr=1-6]
Toffoletti 2007 Cyborgs and Barbie dolls: feminism, popular culture and the posthuman body London, England
Wanless, Mary Dorsey. (2001). Barbie’s Body Images. Feminist Media Studies, Volume 1, Number 1, March, pp. 125-127.
Driscoll, C. (2005). "Girl-Doll: Barbie as Puberty Manual". In Mitchell, C. and Reid-Walsh, J. (eds.) Seven Going On Seventeen. Peter Lang.