Action figures are more than toys or collectibles--they are statements on race, gender, class, body positivity and more. This collection of nine new essays and one interview argues that action figures should be analyzed in the same light as books, movies, television shows and other media. Through an examination of the plastic bodies that fill our shelves and toy boxes, "Action Figure Studies" can inform the next generation of toys.
Action figures are more than toys or collectibles--they are statements on race, gender, class, body positivity and more. This collection of nine new essays and one interview argues that action figures should be analyzed in the same light as books, movies, television shows and other media. Through an examination of the plastic bodies that fill our shelves and toy boxes, "Action Figure Studies" can inform the next generation of toys.
Jonathan Alexandratos is a New York City-based writer, professor, and toy scholar. They were featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids and teach at Queensborough Community College and Sarah Lawrence College.
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction. Posing the Question: An Action Figure Studies Manifesto Thirteen Ways of Looking at an Action Figure: Part One Daniel F. Yezbick The (Re)Resurrection of Captain Action: Will Justice Be Done? Thomas G. Endres Plastic Military Mythology: Hypercommercialism and Hasbro's G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero J. Richard Stevens The Same Aisle: The Intersection of Resistance and Discipline in Brony Fandom, or, Friendship Is Mythological Tracy L. Bealer Selling Girl Power in the 1980s: She-Ra and the Gendered Dimensions of Action Figures Keith Corson "Seeing into the life of things": Toy Story, The Lego Movie and the Wordsworthian Imagination Geoff Klock Get Your Freak On: The Monstrous Seduction in Mattel's Monster High Cathy Thomas All Dolled Up: Monster High, Project MC2 and "Action" Figures Christopher Bell "Toys with brains": Skylanders and the Growth of the Toys-to-Life Market Kimberly A. Owczarski Thirteen Ways of Looking at an Action Figure: Part Two Daniel F. Yezbick "I was always Wonder Woman": An Interview with IAmElemental's Julie Kerwin Jonathan Alexandratos About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Preface Introduction. Posing the Question: An Action Figure Studies Manifesto Thirteen Ways of Looking at an Action Figure: Part One Daniel F. Yezbick The (Re)Resurrection of Captain Action: Will Justice Be Done? Thomas G. Endres Plastic Military Mythology: Hypercommercialism and Hasbro's G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero J. Richard Stevens The Same Aisle: The Intersection of Resistance and Discipline in Brony Fandom, or, Friendship Is Mythological Tracy L. Bealer Selling Girl Power in the 1980s: She-Ra and the Gendered Dimensions of Action Figures Keith Corson "Seeing into the life of things": Toy Story, The Lego Movie and the Wordsworthian Imagination Geoff Klock Get Your Freak On: The Monstrous Seduction in Mattel's Monster High Cathy Thomas All Dolled Up: Monster High, Project MC2 and "Action" Figures Christopher Bell "Toys with brains": Skylanders and the Growth of the Toys-to-Life Market Kimberly A. Owczarski Thirteen Ways of Looking at an Action Figure: Part Two Daniel F. Yezbick "I was always Wonder Woman": An Interview with IAmElemental's Julie Kerwin Jonathan Alexandratos About the Contributors Index
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