The Resource Designing the creative child : playthings and places in midcentury America, Amy F. Ogata
Designing the creative child : playthings and places in midcentury America, Amy F. Ogata
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- Summary
- "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."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxii, 293 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780816679607
- Label
- Designing the creative child : playthings and places in midcentury America
- Title
- Designing the creative child
- Title remainder
- playthings and places in midcentury America
- Statement of responsibility
- Amy F. Ogata
- Subject
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- Children -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Creative ability in children -- United States
- Design -- Human factors -- United States
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Play environments -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies
- ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ogata, Amy Fumiko
- Dewey number
- 155.4/13550973
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ792.U5
- LC item number
- O39 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Children
- Creative ability in children
- Play environments
- Design
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies
- Label
- Designing the creative child : playthings and places in midcentury America, Amy F. Ogata
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 816563809
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 293 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780816679607
- Lccn
- 2012050732
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Label
- Designing the creative child : playthings and places in midcentury America, Amy F. Ogata
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 816563809
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 293 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780816679607
- Lccn
- 2012050732
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
Subject
- Children -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Creative ability in children -- United States
- Design -- Human factors -- United States
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Play environments -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies
- ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-)
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