00971nas 22003493a 450 991014548630332120200805205010.01096-5580(OCoLC)37987976(CKB)991042752748436(CONSER)sn-97004880-(EXLCZ)9999104275274843619971121a19979999 s-- aengurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe black star newsNew York, N.Y. Black Star News[1997]-Title from title screen.BLACK STAR NEWSBlack star newsNew York (N.Y.)NewspapersNew York County (N.Y.)NewspapersNew York (State)New YorkfastNewspapers.fast305JOURNAL9910145486303321The black star news2198577UNINA03116nam 2200517 450 991048312760332120210211104451.03-030-53665-310.1007/978-3-030-53665-7(CKB)4100000011435720(MiAaPQ)EBC6346712(DE-He213)978-3-030-53665-7(EXLCZ)99410000001143572020210211d2020 uy 0engurbn#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDeconstructing LEGO the medium and messages of LEGO play /Jonathan Rey Lee1st ed. 2020.Cham, Switzerland :Palgrave Macmillan,[2020]©20201 online resource illustrations (some colour)3-030-53664-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.1.Theorizing LEGO Bricolage: Medium, Message, Method -- 2.Housing Play in LEGO Construction Toys -- 3.Playing House with LEGO Friends -- 4.Digital Analogs: Bricks, Worlds, and Dimensions -- 5.Story Toys: Transmedia Play in LEGO Star Wars -- 6.Toy Stories and Attachment Play in The LEGO Movie and The LEGO Movie 2.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. Jonathan Rey Lee teaches at Cascadia University, USA. In the spirit of “hard fun,” he deconstructs material play media such as toys and tabletop games. Jonathan lives and plays in Seattle and has previously published articles on the material philosophy of the LEGO System and the ideology of creativity in The LEGO Movie.LEGO toysPlaySocial aspectsPopular cultureStudy and teachingCultureStudy and teachingElectronic books.LEGO toys.PlaySocial aspects.Popular cultureStudy and teaching.CultureStudy and teaching.688.725Lee Jonathan Rey998880MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910483127603321Deconstructing LEGO2291630UNINA