This first casebound edition was limited to 400 unnumbered copies (the 'limited edition' is not noted in the book). Includes an illustrated chronology. A.R.T. Press publications are based on an in-depth collaboration between artist, designer and editor. - From the publisher: "'Mommy, Barbie's bashing Ken with a rolling pin!' Internationally acclaimed photographer Lauri Simmons deftly uses dolls, the archetypal little girl's toy, to launch a critique of the norms of femininity, masculinity and gender that can reduce women and men to mindless stereotypes. A slyly powerful, even subversive piece of work."