Toys And Communication
by Jeffrey Goldstein /
2017 / English / PDF
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There are few scholarly books about toys, and even fewer that
consider toys within the context of culture and communication. Toys
and Communication is an innovative collection that effectively
showcases work by specialists who have sought to examine toys
throughout history and in many cultures, including 1930’s Europe,
Morocco, India, Spanish art of the 16th-19th centuries.
Psychologists stress the importance of the role of toys and play in
children’s language development and intellectual skills, and this
book demonstrates the recurrent theme of the transmission of
cultural norms through the portrayal, presentation and use of toys.
The text establishes the role of toy and play park design in
eliciting particular forms of play, as well as stressing the
child’s use of toys to ‘become’ more adult. It will be beneficial
for courses in education, developmental psychology, communications,
media studies, and toy design.
There are few scholarly books about toys, and even fewer that
consider toys within the context of culture and communication. Toys
and Communication is an innovative collection that effectively
showcases work by specialists who have sought to examine toys
throughout history and in many cultures, including 1930’s Europe,
Morocco, India, Spanish art of the 16th-19th centuries.
Psychologists stress the importance of the role of toys and play in
children’s language development and intellectual skills, and this
book demonstrates the recurrent theme of the transmission of
cultural norms through the portrayal, presentation and use of toys.
The text establishes the role of toy and play park design in
eliciting particular forms of play, as well as stressing the
child’s use of toys to ‘become’ more adult. It will be beneficial
for courses in education, developmental psychology, communications,
media studies, and toy design.
