the closest i ever came to owning an american girl doll as a kid
was when a classmate of mine gave me happy birthday, samantha!
for my birthday. and while i never could understand this fascination with the
white-washed, starched-collar victorian lifestyle these dolls seemed to represent-
it seems there is still an abundance of young women who relate to and love t
heir dolls- so much so that they choose to dress like them
and bring them everywhere.
photographer ilona szwarc came to the US from poland in 2008 and
was immediately struck by the number of girls carrying around what she claims is,
"their own sculptural representations, their twins, their avatars."
she went on to create an american girls project where she
"examine[s] the line where product creates culture" and "investigate[s] how
"examine[s] the line where product creates culture" and "investigate[s] how
culture conditions gender, and how it invents childhood."
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the only quip szwarc has about american girls is that she "wishes there
were more choices so everyone would get represented."
i could not agree more.
I must be a huge weirdo because I have never had an American Girl doll.
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What a great idea for a photography series! I wanted a Samantha doll too because she had long brown hair like me..but I never got one.
ReplyDeleteI had an American girl doll, named Emily - she was then passed on to my oldest niece. This photo series is really neat and brings me back to when I was younger!
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