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245 14 a| The semiotics of toys and gamesh| [electronic resource] :b| the childhood artefacts that introduce us to the world /c| Theo van Leeuwen and Staffan Selander.;

260 a| London ;a| New York :b| Bloomsbury Academic,c| 2025.;

300 a| xii, 213 pages ;c| 26 cm.;

490 0 a| Bloomsbury advances in semiotics;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references ( pages 196-210) and index.;

505 0 a| A social semiotic approach to toys as resources for learning -- Baby toys : the alphabet of objects -- Teddy bears : affect in the private and the public sphere -- Small worlds : the imaginary power of miniatures -- Barbie : feminist icon or fashion doll? -- Building toys : elements of construction and their meaning -- War toys : masculinity and the politics of warfare -- Digitizing children's stories : the pedagogization of enchantment -- The rules of games and the rules of social life -- Conclusion : the semiosphere of toys and games -- Appendix: A guide to the semiotic analysis of objects.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Combining social semiotics with a design-oriented perspective on learning, this book shows how the toys and games produced by powerful global companies contribute to defining and changing the nature of childhood and to how children learn to understand and act in the world. Drawing on extensive research by the authors and their associates over more than two decades, it focuses on toys and games as resources for play, analysing their functionalities as well as their symbolic meaning potentials, and exemplifying how they are used in different contexts"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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The semiotics of toys and games the childhood artefacts that introduce us to the world / Theo van Leeuwen and Staffan Selander.

Author/creator	Van Leeuwen, Theo, 1947-
Other author	Selander, Staffan.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
Description	xii, 213 pages ; 26 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Toys--Social aspects. Games--Social aspects. Play. Child development. Semiotics.

Series	Bloomsbury advances in semiotics
Contents	A social semiotic approach to toys as resources for learning -- Baby toys : the alphabet of objects -- Teddy bears : affect in the private and the public sphere -- Small worlds : the imaginary power of miniatures -- Barbie : feminist icon or fashion doll? -- Building toys : elements of construction and their meaning -- War toys : masculinity and the politics of warfare -- Digitizing children's stories : the pedagogization of enchantment -- The rules of games and the rules of social life -- Conclusion : the semiosphere of toys and games -- Appendix: A guide to the semiotic analysis of objects.
Abstract	"Combining social semiotics with a design-oriented perspective on learning, this book shows how the toys and games produced by powerful global companies contribute to defining and changing the nature of childhood and to how children learn to understand and act in the world. Drawing on extensive research by the authors and their associates over more than two decades, it focuses on toys and games as resources for play, analysing their functionalities as well as their symbolic meaning potentials, and exemplifying how they are used in different contexts"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references ( pages 196-210) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2024014544
ISBN	9781350324893 (hardback)
ISBN	9781350324930 (paperback)
ISBN	(epub)
ISBN	(ebook)

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