»Was, du hast Kniegelenke? Das glaube ich einfach nicht!« Der Barbie-Medienverbund aus transmedialer Perspektive

Kirsten Kumschlies

»What, You’ve Got Knee Joints? I Don’t Believe This!« The Barbie Media Network from a Transmedial Perspective

Authors

Kirsten Kumschlies Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg

Keywords:

Barbie media network, Barbie in the historical course of time, transmediality, gender-sensitive literature teaching

Abstract

Starting from Barbie doll, which has been popular for decades, the article examines the Barbie media network that has emerged, especially with regard to gender stereotypes performed here. It is argued for the application of a transmedial perspective as a basis for methodical and practical projects in the context of gender-sensitive literature teaching. With reference to examples of different Barbie media forms, the question is examined to what extent the didactic potential of transmedial approaches can be used in this way with the help of the puppet motif. The preliminary findings refer to the chances and limitations of such an approach in connection with Barbie.

Author Biography

Kirsten Kumschlies, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg

Dr. phil., lecturer (LfbA) and research assistant for literature and media didactics / children's and young people's literature research at the Institute for German Studies at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. She is responsible for reviews of children's and youth literature at www.kinderundjugendmedien.de. Studied German language and literature, Protestant theology, educational science and primary school pedagogy at the University of Hamburg, where she completed her doctorate in 2007 in the didactics of children's literature. She completed the second state examination for teaching at primary and lower secondary level in Bremen. She has taught at schools in Hamburg, Bremen and Madrid.

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Published

2020-10-20

How to Cite

KUMSCHLIES, Kirsten. »What, You’ve Got Knee Joints? I Don’t Believe This!« The Barbie Media Network from a Transmedial Perspective. just a bit of doll - a multidisciplinary journal for human-doll discourses, [S. l.], v. 3, n. 1.2, p. 37–44, 2020. Disponível em: https://dedo.ub.uni-siegen.de/index.php/de_do/article/view/80. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.