BARBIE!!!!
Barbie
By: Julia P. and Mikala S.
By: Julia and Mikala
HISTORY OF BARBIE
• First invented by Ruth Handler in
1959
•Barbie symbolizes the free
woman. (Free as in, free to expose
herself and live with little moral
limitations) This disagreed with
many cultures.
•Middle Eastern areas disapproved
greatly of Barbie. Japan also did
not like the original doll. Both areas
created their own dolls to sell to
their children.
DIFFERENCES
Between Sara
and Barbie
The influences that Barbie has:
*Pre-marital relations
•Exposing body
•“Barbie is an American Woman who never wants
to get pregnant and have babies. She never wants
to look old, and this contradicts our culture.”
Licca
- Japanese doll
- -Preferred by young Japanese children over
Barbie because they found her eyes scary and
“her smile too aggressively toothy.” They liked
Licca’s brown hair better than Barbie’s blonde
hair.
-Iran’s answer to Barbie and Ken
-Was sent out by a government agencies
-Symbolized traditional customs
-They first developed in story books for young
children.
----Later
the dolls
were made and their
 Iran’s
answer
to Barbie
and Ken
stories
grow.
 Was
sentcontinue
out by a to
government
agencies
-Sara wore traditional
robes thatcustoms
covered her body unlike Barbie
 Symbolized
-Some
believed
thatinyoung
Iranian
who played
 They
first
developed
story books
forgirls
young
with Barbie
would
grow
to be
women
whostories
no longer
children.
Later
the dolls
were
made
and their
followedtothe
Islamic faith.
continue
grow.
 Sara wore robes that covered her body unlike Barbie
 Some believed that young Iranian girls who played
with Barbie would grow to be women who no longer
followed the Islamic faith.
Sara and Dara
References
http://www.crazyforbarbie.com/sites/rjs/
_files/Image/BarbieM(8).jpg
http://www.crazyforbarbie.com/sites/rjs/
_files/Image/BarbieM(8).jpg
www.googleimages.com
http://www.islamfortoday.com/iran02.ht
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