 In 1976, Mattel produced a "Superstar" variation of its Barbie doll.According to Sofia Johansson, the "canonical texts on stardom" include articles by Boorstin (1971), Alberoni (1972), and Dyer (1979) that examined the "representations of stars and on aspects of the Hollywood star system".Johansson notes that "more recent analyses within media and cultural studies (e.g.