The place of play toys and digital cultures
Electronic resources
Record details
- ISBN: 1282171461
- ISBN: 9089640800
- ISBN: 9781282171466
- ISBN: 9789089640802
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
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1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations - Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2009.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-151) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction. Changing Practices, Shifting Sites -- Core and Periphery of Play -- Part I: New Children, Different Toys -- The Child as Consumer -- Domesticating Play -- The Child in the City -- Toys as Containers, Mediators and Promoters -- Part II: From Solitary to Networked Geographies of Play. LEGO Toys: from Wooden Blocks to Plastic Bricks -- Brand Extension & Product Differentiation -- Bringing the Fans into the Company -- Many-to-Many Geographies of Play -- Part III: Commercial Geographies of Play. Toy Towns and Simulated Cities -- A 21st-century Dollhouse: The Sims -- Unwanted Play Practices in The Sims Online -- Commodified Geographies of Play -- Part IV: Serious Geographies of Play. Participation Tools -- Participation Processes -- Purposeful Play -- Serious Geographies of Play -- Conclusion. Changing Geographies of Play -- Making Do.
- Language Note:
- English.
- Source of Description Note:
- Print version record.
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