From the brilliant cultural historian M.G. Lord, an intimate examination of the unexpected feminist content in Elizabeth Taylor's iconic roles--published on what would have been her 80th birthday, February 27, 2012.
From the brilliant cultural historian M.G. Lord, an intimate examination of the unexpected feminist content in Elizabeth Taylor's iconic roles--published on what would have been her 80th birthday, February 27, 2012.
M.G. Lord is a celebrated cultural critic and investigative journalist, and the author of Forever Barbie and Astro Turf. Since 1995 she has been a regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review and the Times's Arts & Leisure section. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, Vogue, the Wall Street Journal, and ArtForum. Before becoming a freelance writer, Lord was a syndicated political cartoonist and a columnist for Newsday. She teaches at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.
Astro Turf works well as a brief, clear history of a field and the lab that embodied it. It works even better as a piece of cultural criticism. It works best of all, though, as a moving memoir of the difficult love between a daughter and father. NYTBR on Astro Turf I was blown away by this book. Lord reminds us once again that good and evil really are inextricably combined. Carolyn See, Washington Post on Astro Turf Lord's descriptions of her father's career and her own experiences as a girl growing up in the young Space Age form a poignant backdrop to her account of America's space program. Los Angeles Times on Astro Turf Lord shrewdly uses the evolution of Barbie as a touchstone to chart the evolution of our modern culture. People on Forever Barbie Terrific...a book that was dying to be written...A crisp, often witty love story of American pop culture. Boston Globe on Forever Barbie
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