the collector doll phenomenon and the lives of the women who love them /
First Statement of Responsibility
A.F. Robertson.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xix, 284 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p, 267-276) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- The commodity -- The collection just grows and grows -- The doll that needs you -- Dollification -- More than real -- Forever young -- Innocence and fear.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Since the 1980s there has been a growing billion dollar business producing porcelain collectible dolls. Avertised in Sunday newspapers and mailbox fliers, even Marie Osmond, an avid collector herself, is now promoting her own line of dolls on the Home Shopping Network and sales are soaring. With average price tags of 100 -- and 500 or more for a handcrafted or limited edition doll -- these dolls strike a chord in the hearts of middle-aged and older women, their core buyers, some of whom create ""nurseries"" devoted to collections that number in the hundreds.Each doll has its own name.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Life like dolls.
International Standard Book Number
0415944511
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Dolls-- Collectors and collecting-- Psychological aspects.