{"product_id":"greta-gerwigs-barbie-hilary-radner-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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350523968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350523968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Hilary Radner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443076837631,"sku":"9781350523968","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a5df7cf-59fe-4f88-a849-1e1526c62bb8.jpg?v=1777201696","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/greta-gerwigs-barbie-hilary-radner-9781350523968","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}