{"product_id":"greta-gerwigs-barbie-popular-culture-cinema-and-gender-9781350523968","title":"Greta Gerwig's Barbie: Popular Culture, Cinema, and Gender","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis volume brings together an international array of contributors to analyse Greta Gerwig's unprecedented success, \u003ci\u003eBarbie\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), exploring how a film released in a moment of industrial crisis for Hollywood became the highest-grossing film directed or co-directed by a woman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUniting scholars from Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, France, Turkey, the UK, and the USA, this volume provides a set of essays that reflect the complexities of what is, in many ways, a fable for our times. \u003ci\u003eGreta Gerwig's Barbie: Popular Culture, Cinema, and Gender\u003c\/i\u003e opens with a chapter on the current state of the film industry. Further topics include: the treatment of American girlhood; fashion and feminism; the auteur director; post-indie cinema; queer identities; masculinity; the politics of race, class and gender; contemporary feminisms; consumerism; and the ecology of plastic. As such, the book offers a detailed and nuanced perspective on a benchmark film, produced and distributed by an industry in crisis--the brainchild of a significant director whose star is on the rise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hilary Radner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350523968","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47907246112905,"sku":"9781350523968","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2edc4d15-2083-4763-9bad-4a1bb207637b.jpg?v=1785886079","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/greta-gerwigs-barbie-popular-culture-cinema-and-gender-9781350523968","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}