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題名 Self-Effacing Barbie: The Ideal, the Real, and the Quest for Authentic Selfhood
作者 柯瑞強
Corrigan, John Michael;Prystash, Justin
貢獻者 英文系
關鍵詞 Barbie; idealism; authenticity; ideology; quest narratives; Buddhism
日期 2025-01
上傳時間 24-Mar-2025 10:24:19 (UTC+8)
摘要 This article argues that the immediate critical responses to the blockbuster film Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023), which diverged along ideological lines, fail to account for the extent to which the film undercuts the very ideological divisions that sustain them. Rather than or in addition to presenting a left-wing or right-wing critique of contemporary gender roles, the film positions this contest within the vexed relationship between the ideal and the real. This metaphysical quandary is what propels the protagonists on a Buddhist-inspired quest for authentic selfhood, a selfhood characterized by both the effacement of the discrete self (the Buddhist concept of anatman) and the eclipse of monumentalized cultural and commercial idols, like Barbie, that organize and disseminate ideology.
關聯 Film-Philosophy, Vol.29, No.1, pp.1-22
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.3366/film.2025.0290
dc.contributor 英文系-
dc.creator (作者) 柯瑞強-
dc.creator (作者) Corrigan, John Michael;Prystash, Justin-
dc.date (日期) 2025-01-
dc.date.accessioned 24-Mar-2025 10:24:19 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 24-Mar-2025 10:24:19 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 24-Mar-2025 10:24:19 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/156274-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This article argues that the immediate critical responses to the blockbuster film Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023), which diverged along ideological lines, fail to account for the extent to which the film undercuts the very ideological divisions that sustain them. Rather than or in addition to presenting a left-wing or right-wing critique of contemporary gender roles, the film positions this contest within the vexed relationship between the ideal and the real. This metaphysical quandary is what propels the protagonists on a Buddhist-inspired quest for authentic selfhood, a selfhood characterized by both the effacement of the discrete self (the Buddhist concept of anatman) and the eclipse of monumentalized cultural and commercial idols, like Barbie, that organize and disseminate ideology.-
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dc.relation (關聯) Film-Philosophy, Vol.29, No.1, pp.1-22-
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Barbie; idealism; authenticity; ideology; quest narratives; Buddhism-
dc.title (題名) Self-Effacing Barbie: The Ideal, the Real, and the Quest for Authentic Selfhood-
dc.type (資料類型) article-
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.3366/film.2025.0290-
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.3366/film.2025.0290-