Dyes and Dolls: Multicultural Barbie and the Merchandising of Difference

Research Article| April 01 1994 Dyes and Dolls: Multicultural Barbie and the Merchandising of Difference Ann DuCille Ann DuCille ann ducilleis associate professor of English and African American Studies at Wesleyan University. She is the author of The Coupling Convention: Sex, Text, and Tradition in Black Women's Fiction (New York: Oxford UP, 1993) and is currently working on two other books: “The Black Feminist Reader,” an edited volume of black feminist criticism, and “Inconspicuous Consumption: Labor, Leisure, and the Lady in Black Middle-Class Culture,” in which Barbie figures in the last chapter. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google differences (1994) 6 (1): 46–68. https://doi.org/10.1215/10407391-6-1-46 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Ann DuCille; Dyes and Dolls: Multicultural Barbie and the Merchandising of Difference. differences 1 April 1994; 6 (1): 46–68. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/10407391-6-1-46 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll Journalsdifferences Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF.