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- catalog abstract "What are toys? What do they represent beyond the literal image? Do they affect growth- are they learning tools, baby sitters, trivial objects with no particular significance? This book is the first systematic analysis of the role of toys in contemporary society. Employing history, anthropology, and psychology, as well as the first-hand accounts of players themselves, the author explores the myriad of meanings behind the toy.-- Book Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b603886.
- catalog created "c1986.".
- catalog date "1986".
- catalog date "c1986.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1986.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 285-286.".
- catalog description "Introduction: the mad hatter kingdom of toys; -- pt. I, The toy in the family; -- The toy as bond and obligation -- The toy as consolation; -- pt. II, The toy as technology: -- The toy as machine: video games -- The technology of infant toys -- The toy as infant tool; -- pt. III, The toy as education: -- The toy as achievement -- The toy as the child's work: the first year -- Play and work after infancy: the second year; -- pt. IV, The toy as market: -- The toy as novelty -- The toy as agency -- The idealization of toys -- Conclusion.".
- catalog description "What are toys? What do they represent beyond the literal image? Do they affect growth- are they learning tools, baby sitters, trivial objects with no particular significance? This book is the first systematic analysis of the role of toys in contemporary society. Employing history, anthropology, and psychology, as well as the first-hand accounts of players themselves, the author explores the myriad of meanings behind the toy.-- Book Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xii, 291 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Toys as culture.".
- catalog identifier "0898761050".
- catalog isFormatOf "Toys as culture.".
- catalog issued "1986".
- catalog issued "c1986.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Gardner Press,".
- catalog relation "Toys as culture.".
- catalog subject "Child development.".
- catalog subject "Educational toys.".
- catalog subject "HQ784.T68 S88 1986".
- catalog subject "Play Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Toys Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Toys Social aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: the mad hatter kingdom of toys; -- pt. I, The toy in the family; -- The toy as bond and obligation -- The toy as consolation; -- pt. II, The toy as technology: -- The toy as machine: video games -- The technology of infant toys -- The toy as infant tool; -- pt. III, The toy as education: -- The toy as achievement -- The toy as the child's work: the first year -- Play and work after infancy: the second year; -- pt. IV, The toy as market: -- The toy as novelty -- The toy as agency -- The idealization of toys -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Toys as culture / Brian Sutton-Smith.".
- catalog type "text".