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Plastic's Republic
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Product Details
Author:
Giovanna Riccio
Series:
Essential Poets series
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
120
Publisher:
Guernica Editions (April 1, 2019)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781771833684
ISBN-10:
1771833688
Dimensions:
6" x 9" x 0.3"
File:
Eloquence-IPG_03192026_P9854863_onix30_Complete-20260319.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$20.00
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$17.20
Publisher Identifier:
P-IPG
Discount Code:
C
Weight:
7.36oz
Case Pack:
76
Audience:
General/trade
Pub Discount:
60
Imprint:
Guernica Editions
Overview
In 2019 Barbie turns 60. Never only a toy, she defines the stellar. In Plastic's Republic, Giovanna Riccio delves into Barbie?s impact on female beauty highlighting how plasticity in body and persona have allowed the doll to remain top-diva. Other poems bring to life, Mattel's movers-n-shakers who created Barbie to be their in-house money maker. Riccio's Plastications lyrics illustrate how Barbie's mouldable nature lets Mattel position their high achiever as ever-relevant, arguably, by exploiting social trends, political movements and historical events. In the Human Barbies section, Barbie becomes plastic surgery?s prophet, spawning 'plastic-positive' people who see their bodies as raw material suitable for actual and virtual surgical doctoring. Riccio's witty, inimitable poems portray Barbie as a complex, contradictory global celebrity, but also explore the philosophical, feminist and body-image issues that this plastic goddess engenders.
