To find out, we talked with Anadaios “Ana” Box, a UCLA doctoral student who studies British literature from the 1660s to the 1830s. Box’s research focuses on gender and sexuality, translation practices and how history is portrayed.
In this installment of the UCLA College video series “Silly Questions, Smart Bruins,” Box explains what Barbie has in common with Jane Austen’s Emma, what a Mary Shelley–inspired Barbie might have looked like and how Lord Byron fulfilled his own “dreamhouse” fantasy.
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Published July 21, 2023