Playing with Paper Dolls; Or, the Political Potential of (Re)Moveable Heads – December 2021
This short video documents the popularity of paper dolls produced by S & J Fuller in the first two decades of the nineteenth century and identifies some of their unique features, most notably their removable heads. It concludes with a discussion of some of the discoveries made while creating replicas of the dolls in Winter 2021.
Video Works Cited:
- Field, Hannah. “‘A Story, Exemplified in a Series of Figures’: Paper Doll versus Moral Tale in the Nineteenth Century.” Girlhood Studies 5.1 (Summer 2021): 37-56.
- Reid-Walsh, Jaqueline. “Fuller ‘Paper-Doll’ Books: Playing Across Gender and Genre,” in Interactive Books: Playful Media before Pop-Ups. New York: Routledge, 2019.
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