writer mark dery discusses dolls in his book 'pyrotechnic insanitarium' (1999)

 re: how dolls exist as a symbol of the collective unconscious, how dolls enact cultural myths about childhood, how the hyperreality of the american illusion is likened to a 'dollhouse'

an illustration and passage from 'the pryotechnic insanitarium', by mark dery (1999)