Deconstructing LEGO : the medium and messages of LEGO play / Jonathan Rey Lee.
Lee, Jonathan Rey, author
2020
TS2301.T7
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Title Deconstructing LEGO : the medium and messages of LEGO play / Jonathan Rey Lee.
Author Lee, Jonathan Rey, author
ISBN 9783030536657 (electronic book)
3030536653 (electronic book)
9783030536640
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Copyright ©2020
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xlii, 281 pages) : illustrations
Call Number TS2301.T7
Dewey Decimal Classification 790.133
Summary This book investigates a paradox of creative yet scripted play--how LEGO invites players to build 'freely' with and within its highly structured, ideologically-laden toy system. First, this book considers theories and methods for deconstructing LEGO as a medium of bricolage, the creative reassembly of already-significant elements. Then, it pieces together readings of numerous LEGO sets, advertisements, videogames, films, and other media that show how LEGO constructs five ideologies of play: construction play, dramatic play, digital play, transmedia play, and attachment play. From suburban traffic patterns to architectural croissants, from feminized mini-doll bodies to toys-to-life stories, from virtual construction to playful fan creations, this book explores how the LEGO medium conveys ideological messages--not by transmitting clear statements but by providing implicit instructions for how to reassemble meanings it had all along.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Historical Data Jonathan Rey Lee teaches just outside Seattle at Cascadia College. In the spirit of "hard fun," he deconstructs material play media such as toys and tabletop games. Jonathan has previously published articles on the material philosophy of the LEGO System and the ideology of creativity in The LEGO Movie.
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Theorizing LEGO Bricolage : Medium, Message, Method
Housing Play in LEGO Construction Toys
Playing House with LEGO Friends
Digital Analogs : Bricks, Worlds, and Dimensions
Story Toys : Transmedia Play in LEGO Star Wars
Toy Stories : Attachment Play in The LEGO Movie and The LEGO Movie 2
After Words : The LEGO Sandbox.

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