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“That reality-challenged woman”: dreams and matter in Barbie

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Peer-reviewed

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This essay will explore some of the ambiguous interactions between imaginary spaces and material reality as articulated by Barbie, considering the implications for its understanding of womanhood. First outlining a series of oppositions between fantasy and reality, Barbie and “real women” in the film, I will then highlight the ways in which this binary framework is ultimately undermined. With reference to both media theory and trans theories of embodiment, I will argue that the film resists oppositions between imagination and reality in ways that are generative and progressive, yet which simultaneously serve to enhance the film’s marketability.

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36 Creative Arts and Writing, 47 Language, Communication and Culture, 3605 Screen and Digital Media

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Feminist Media Studies

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1468-0777
1471-5902

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Routledge

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