Title The place of play : toys and digital cultures / Maaike Lauwaert.

Publication Info.	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2009]
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Description	1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations.
Series	MediaMatters
	MediaMatters.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-151) and index.
Contents	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 and 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.
	pt. 1. New children, different toys -- part 2. From solitary to networked geographies of play -- part 3. Commercial geographies of play -- part 4. Serious geographies of play.
Summary	A fascinating, eclectic analysis of the changing geographies of play in contemporary society.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Video games -- Social aspects.
	Video games -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
	Games and technology.
	Migrant remittances.
	GAMES -- Video & Electronic.
	Computing and information technology.
	Graphical and digital media applications.
	Society and social sciences.
	Society and culture: general.
	Media studies.
	The arts.
	Film, TV and radio.
	Humanities.
	History.
	Mathematics and science.
	Science: general issues.
	SCIENCE -- General.
	Computer games -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00872118
	Games and technology. (OCoLC)fst01739457
Indexed Term	Multi-User.
Genre/Form	Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Other Form:	Print version: 9789089640802
Standard No.	9786612171468
ISBN	9789048507962 (electronic bk.)
	9048507960 (electronic bk.)
	9780821379233 (electronic bk.)
	0821379232 (electronic bk.)

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