You can stay if you want, as my bride wife
Mapping Barbie Land onto Bachelor Nation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5153667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gráinne O’hare (Newcastle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 535-541 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-7001 • E-ISSN: 1741-2773 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14647001241291458 |
| OpenAlex | W4404050615 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
I identify key tropes in the television franchise The Bachelor/ette (2002-), mapping the reality TV dating narrative onto Barbie Land and examining the ways in which Barbie (2023) parallels and/or subverts these constructs. Ryan Gosling's remarks that The Bachelorette informed his portrayal of Beach Ken provide a starting point for analysing the ways in which a lack of heteronormative temporality in Barbie Land renders the Barbies free from the burden of patriarchal domesticity. I also consider Stereotypical Barbie (Margot Robbie) as reflective of a traditional Bachelorette series lead, and the shortcomings of the TV franchise in terms of platforming people of colour and casting racially diverse leads in the series. I juxtapose these two texts to highlight the ways in which Barbie offers an antithetical microcosm that challenges the heteronormative reality TV dating format and conservative conceits perpetuated by the Bachelor/ette franchise
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |