Playing with America's Doll

1. Introduction: Unpacking America’s Doll
Emilie Zaslow

2. Branding the American Girl: The Making of Cultural Icons
Emilie Zaslow

3. Situating American Girl: Tools of Socialization in a Changing Culture
Emilie Zaslow

4. “Baby Doll, You Made the World a Little Bit Better by Speaking Out for What You Believe In”: Narratives of Femininity and Political Action in the BeForever Collection
Emilie Zaslow

5. From “This Where Freedom Supposed to Be At” to “She Knew She Would Never Stop Speaking Out for What Was Right”: Racial Logics and African American Identity in American Girl
Emilie Zaslow

6. “This Is My Home”: Representing Race, Ethnicity, and the American Experience in American Girl
Emilie Zaslow

7. Conclusion: Constructing American Girlhood
Emilie Zaslow

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Gender and Sexuality, Feminism