Format:
1 Online-Ressource (208 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781501354076
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9781501354052
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9781501354069
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9781501354045
Content:
"LEGOfied: Building Blocks as Media offers a multi-faceted exploration of LEGO fandom, addressing a blindspot in current accounts of LEGO and an emerging area of interest to media scholars: namely, the role of hobbyist enthusiasts and content producers in LEGO's emergence as a ubiquitous transmedia franchise. This book examines a range of LEGO hobbyism and their attendant forms of mediated self-expression and identity (their “technicities”): artists, aspiring Master Builders, collectors, and entrepreneurs who refashion LEGO bricks into new commodities (sets, tchotchkes, and minifigures). The practices and perspectives that constitute this diverse scene lie at the intersection of multiple transformations in contemporary culture, including the shifting relationships between culture industries and the audiences that form their most ardent consumer base, but also the emerging forms of entrepreneurialism, professionalization, and globalization that characterize the burgeoning DIY movement."--
Content:
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Introduction: Clickable Media in a Plastic World / Nick Taylor, North Carolina State University, USA, and Chris Ingraham, University of Utah, USA -- Chapter One: Palpable Pixels / Kate Maddalena, William Peace University, USA -- Chapter Two: The Aesthetic Work of LEGO / Eddie Lohmeyer, University of Central Florida, USA -- Chapter Three: Band of Builders / Jessica Elam, Berklee College of Music, USA -- Chapter Four: Re-assembling Gender / Sarah Evans, Molloy College, USA -- Chapter Five: Fake Plastic Trees / Chris Ingraham, University of Utah, USA -- Chapter Six: Purity and the Boundaries of Belonging / Nick Taylor, North Carolina State University, USA -- List of Contributors -- Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501354045
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781501354045
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781501354076
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