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Plastic bodies: Beings-not-of-the-world (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Franklin, A. (2010, November). Plastic bodies: Beings-not-of-the-world. Paper presented at II International Conference: The Texts of the Body - Generating Bodies: Discursive Sexed Productions, Barcelona, Spain

Employing a Heideggerian phenomenology of Being, this paper will argue that toys such as Bratz dolls, Barbie, and Disney Princesses contribute to an environment that fosters an ‘unnatural’ relationship between pre-adults and their ‘bodily nature’; ar... Read More about Plastic bodies: Beings-not-of-the-world.

Be-Bratz.com: Beings-not-of-the-world (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Franklin, A. (2010, July). Be-Bratz.com: Beings-not-of-the-world. Paper presented at Theorising the Popular, Liverpool, UK

This paper will explore the impact of a gendered ‘thing’ – the Bratz doll - on the postmodern, post-industrial individual’s relationship with their ‘bodily nature’. It will argue, employing a Heideggerian phenomenology of Being, that this relationshi... Read More about Be-Bratz.com: Beings-not-of-the-world.