Childhood by Design: Toys and the Material Culture of Childhood, 1700-Present Contributor(s): Brandow-Faller, Megan (Editor), Yonan, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1501358898 ISBN-13: 9781501358890 Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts OUR PRICE: $46.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General |
Series: Material Culture of Art and Design |
Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 352 pages |
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Publisher Description: Informed by the analytical practices of the interdisciplinary 'material turn' and social historical studies of childhood, Childhood By Design: Toys and the Material Culture of Childhood offers new approaches to the material world of childhood and design culture for children. This volume situates toys and design culture for children within broader narratives on history, art, design and the decorative arts, where toy design has traditionally been viewed as an aberration from more serious pursuits. The essays included treat toys not merely as unproblematic reflections of socio-cultural constructions of childhood but consider how design culture actively shaped, commodified and materialized shifting discursive constellations surrounding childhood and children. Focusing on the new array of material objects designed in response to the modern 'invention' of childhood-what we might refer to as objects for a childhood by design-Childhood by Design explores dynamic tensions between theory and practice, discursive constructions and lived experience as embodied in the material culture of childhood. Contributions from and between a variety of disciplinary perspectives (including history, art history, material cultural studies, decorative arts, design history, and childhood studies) are represented - critically linking historical discourses of childhood with close study of material objects and design culture. |