Early adolescents' experiences with, and views of, Barbie

Adolescence, Spring, 2004 by Tara L. Kuther, Erin McDonald

Rogers, A. (1999). Barbie culture. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Singer, J. L. (1995). Imaginative play in childhood: Precursors of subjunctive thoughts, daydreaming, and adult pretending games. In A. D. Pellegrini (Ed.), The future of play theory (pp. 187-221). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Suhay, L. (2000). Barbie really takes the cake. Christian Science Monitor, 92, 9.

Sutton-Smith, B. (1986). Toys as culture. New York: Gardner Press.

Sutton-Smith, B. (1995). Conclusion: The persuasive rhetorics of play. In A. D. Pellegrini (Ed.), The future of play theory (pp. 275-297). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Sutton-Smith, B. (1997). The ambiguity of play. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Taylor, J. M., Gilligan, C., & Sullivan, A. M. (1995). Between voice and silence. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Turkel, A. R. (1998). All about Barbie: Distortions of a transitional object. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 26, 165-177.

This study was supported by a Western Connecticut State University Student-Faculty Collaborative Grant awarded to the authors.

Erin McDonald, Western Connecticut State University.

Requests for reprints should be sent to Tara L. Kuther, Department of Psychology, Western Connecticut State University, 181 White Street, Danbury, Connecticut 06810. E-mail: kuther@wcsu.edu