Foreword, Candida R. Moss Introduction, Christopher B. Hays and Meghan Henning Part I. Barbie, the Hebrew Bible, and the Ancient Near East 1: The Creator and Her Creation: The Representation of Ruth Handler as God in the Barbie Movie, Hanne Løland Levinson 2: Innerbiblical Barbie: Teraphim and Image of God in Genesis, Collin Cornell 3: Come Play With Me!: Barbie, Judean Pillar Figurines, and the Economics of Reuse, Kristine Garroway 4: Why is Barbie Called a Jezebel?, Tammi J. Schneider 5: "That Power Looks So Good on You": Esther/Ishtar in Pink, Esther Brownsmith 6: 'What Was I Made For?' 'For Such a Time as This': Diaspora, Identity, and Purpose in Barbie and Esther, Alexiana Fry Part II: Barbie, the New Testament, and the Classical World 7: "Do You Ever Think About Dying?": Death and Transformation in Barbie, Breaking Bad, and the Bible, Christopher B. Hays 8: Barbie's Otherworldly Journey: From Plastic Possibilities to Toxic Positivity and Back, Meghan Henning Part III: The Barbie Movie in Contemporary Culture 9: It's Hard to be Fragile When You're Made of Plastic: How Dolls with No Genitalia Expose the Absent Center of Greta Gerwig's Barbie, Kutter Callaway 10: "Am-Bar-Be-Veil-Lents", Neomi De Anda urney: From Plastic Possibilities to Toxic Positivity and Back, Meghan Henning Part III: The Barbie Movie in Contemporary Culture 9: It's Hard to be Fragile When You're Made of Plastic: How Dolls with No Genitalia Expose the Absent Center of Greta Gerwig's Barbie, Kutter Callaway 10: "Am-Bar-Be-Veil-Lents", Neomi De Anda urney: From Plastic Possibilities to Toxic Positivity and Back, Meghan Henning Part III: The Barbie Movie in Contemporary Culture 9: It's Hard to be Fragile When You're Made of Plastic: How Dolls with No Genitalia Expose the Absent Center of Greta Gerwig's Barbie, Kutter Callaway 10: "Am-Bar-Be-Veil-Lents", Neomi De Anda urney: From Plastic Possibilities to Toxic Positivity and Back, Meghan Henning Part III: The Barbie Movie in Contemporary Culture 9: It's Hard to be Fragile When You're Made of Plastic: How Dolls with No Genitalia Expose the Absent Center of Greta Gerwig's Barbie, Kutter Callaway 10: "Am-Bar-Be-Veil-Lents", Neomi De Anda.
Barbie and the Bible : Playing with Pop Culture, Gender, and Theology