Jonathan Rey Lee

Deconstructing LEGO

The Medium and Messages of LEGO Play

Buch

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 femi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-030-53664-0
EAN: 9783030536640
Produktnummer: 34696778
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 324 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D2.2 cm 533 g
Auflage: 1st ed. 2020
Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 533

Über den Autor

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.