Following is the outline of my paper on Barbie. I do need some suggestion or information. Your reply is welcomed and appreciated. Barbie, More Than a Doll I. Barbie history A. Barbie beginnings 1. Barbie invention 2. Barbie catching on B. Four decades of Barbie 1. Barbie’s friends joining Barbie 2. Products deriving from Barbie brand 3. Barbie going high-tech II. Barbie value A. Historical meaning 1. Barbie relieving people from the shadow of the Second World War 2. A symbol of American dream B. The impact on world toy industry 1. Barbie providing a brand-new concept of doll production 2. The features of Barbie doll production 3. Barbie enjoying the highest reputation and the greatest market share of doll industry and the reason behind the success 4. Barbie’s declining popularity and the methods Mattel takes to improve the position C. Barbie’s influence on fashion D. Educational function III. Barbie’s negative influences A. Barbie and cultural invasion B. Barbie and sex C. Barbie causing the misconception of women’s beauty and the storm of weight losing and plastic surgery IV. Two big threats to Barbie A. Japanese Jenny doll B. Chinese Yue-Sai doll V. The future of Barbie VI. Reference Works A. The World of Barbie by Rudi Teruel and David Wu
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What a fun essay, but lots of serious issues too. My colleague just finished constructing a Barbie ranch for his daughter so it’s topical here. I guess your paper might be about 1500 words long? Any word limit? Some of the sections below are simple enough and I guess the reference text, The World of Barbie, will have most of the facts. I’m interested in the following issues
Hi, when is your essay due? Maybe I can sort through this list and email sections and chapters of books/journals?
Maybe this is a useful reference book: * M.G. Lord, Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll (1995), analyzes the doll in its social context.
Here are books and journals that may also be useful * Dream doll By: Wood, Gaby; Saunders