Plastic's Republic (260) (essential Poets)

Synopsis

In 2019, Barbara Millicent Roberts, Aka, Barbie Will Turn 60. Plastic's Republic Is A Poem-sequence Centering On This Deathless, Cultural Icon. The Poems In Plastic's Republic Began In 2010, Following Barbie's Well-publicized, 50th Birthday In 2009. I View Barbie As A Complex Cultural Figure And As A Feminist Bête-noir. The Collection Includes Poems Written In The Voice Of The Central Personalities In Barbie's Development And Mammoth Success, Including Ruth Handler Who Co-founded Mattel With Her Husband; Their Daughter Barbara--the Doll's Inspiration And Namesake; And Barbie, Herself. Another Section Titled Plastications Features Poems About Barbie Versions That Reflect Mattel's Opportunistic, Marketing Response To Social Trends. Poems On The Human Barbie Phenomenon Treat Barbie-obsessed Women Who Use Physical And Digital Plastic Surgery To Achieve Dollification.--