000719595 000__ 03603cam\a2200397\a\4500 000719595 001__ 719595 000719595 005__ 20210515103027.0 000719595 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000719595 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000719595 008__ 121227s2013\\\\mnuaf\\\ob\\\s001\0\eng\d 000719595 010__ $$z 2012050732 000719595 020__ $$z9780816679607$$qhardcover 000719595 020__ $$z9780816679614$$qpaperback 000719595 020__ $$a9781452939247$$qelectronic book 000719595 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10723511 000719595 035__ $$a(OCoLC)849935792 000719595 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000719595 043__ $$an-us--- 000719595 05014 $$aHQ792.U5$$bO39 2013eb 000719595 08204 $$a155.4/13550973$$223 000719595 1001_ $$aOgata, Amy Fumiko,$$d1965- 000719595 24510 $$aDesigning the creative child$$h[electronic resource] :$$bplaythings and places in midcentury America /$$cAmy F. Ogata. 000719595 260__ $$aMinneapolis :$$bUniversity of Minnesota Press,$$c2013. 000719595 300__ $$axxii, 293 p., [16] p. of col. plates :$$bill. (some col.). 000719595 440_0 $$aArchitecture, landscape, and American culture series 000719595 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000719595 5058_ $$aMachine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Introduction: Object Lessons -- 1. Constructing Creativity in Postwar America -- 2. Educational Toys and Creative Playthings -- 3. Creative Living at Home -- 4. Building Creativity in Postwar Schools -- 5. Learning Imagination in Art and Science -- Epilogue: The Legacy of Consuming Creativity -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 000719595 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000719595 520__ $$a" The postwar American stereotypes of suburban sameness, traditional gender roles, and educational conservatism have masked an alternate self-image tailor-made for the Cold War. The creative child, an idealized future citizen, was the darling of baby boom parents, psychologists, marketers, and designers who saw in the next generation promise that appeared to answer the most pressing worries of the age. Designing the Creative Child reveals how a postwar cult of childhood creativity developed and continues to this day. Exploring how the idea of children as imaginative and naturally creative was constructed, disseminated, and consumed in the United States after World War II, Amy F. Ogata argues that educational toys, playgrounds, small middle-class houses, new schools, and children's museums were designed to cultivate imagination in a growing cohort of baby boom children. Enthusiasm for encouraging creativity in children countered Cold War fears of failing competitiveness and the postwar critique of social conformity, making creativity an emblem of national revitalization. Ogata describes how a historically rooted belief in children's capacity for independent thinking was transformed from an elite concern of the interwar years to a fully consumable and aspirational ideal that persists today. From building blocks to Gumby, playhouses to Playskool trains, Creative Playthings to the Eames House of Cards, Crayola fingerpaint to children's museums, material goods and spaces shaped a popular understanding of creativity, and Designing the Creative Child demonstrates how this notion has been woven into the fabric of American culture. "--$$cProvided by publisher. 000719595 650_0 $$aChildren$$zUnited States$$xSocial conditions$$y20th century. 000719595 650_0 $$aCreative ability in children$$zUnited States. 000719595 650_0 $$aPlay environments$$zUnited States. 000719595 650_0 $$aDesign$$xHuman factors$$zUnited States. 000719595 852__ $$bebk 000719595 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10723511$$zOnline Access 000719595 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:719595$$pGLOBAL_SET 000719595 980__ $$aEBOOK 000719595 980__ $$aBIB 000719595 982__ $$aEbook 000719595 983__ $$aOnline