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BL
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1038132
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b792502
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| Main Entry
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Robertson, A. F.
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| Title & Author
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Life like dolls : : the collector doll phenomenon and the lives of the women who love them /\ A.F. Robertson.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, 2004.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xix, 284 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203505042
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: 0415944503
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: 661005987X
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: 9780203505045
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: 9780415944502
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: 9780415944519
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: 9781135944902
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: 9781135944940
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: 9781135944957
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: 9781280059872
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: 9786610059874
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0415944503
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0415944511
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p, 267-276) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| 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.
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Dolls-- Collectors and collecting-- Psychological aspects.
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Women-- United States-- Psychology.
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ANTIQUES COLLECTIBLES-- Dolls.
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Women-- Psychology.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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688.7/221/075
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| LC Classification
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NK4893.R62 2004eb
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