The Play World

The Play World

Author: Patricia Anne Simpson

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2021-03-09

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0271087404

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The Play World chronicles the history and evolution of the concept of play as a universal part of childhood. Examining texts and toys coming out of Europe between 1631 and 1914, Patricia Anne Simpson argues that German material, literary, and pedagogical cultures were central to the construction of the modern ideas and realities of play and childhood in the transatlantic world. With attention to the details of toy manufacturing and marketing, Simpson considers prescriptive texts about how children should play, treat their possessions, and experience adventure in the scientific exploration of distant geographies. She illuminates the role of toys—among them a mechanical guillotine, yo-yos, hybridized dolls, and circus figures—as agents of history. Using an interdisciplinary approach that draws from postcolonial, childhood, and migration studies, she makes the case that these texts and toys transfer the world of play into a space in which model childhoods are imagined and enacted as German. With chapters on the Protestant play ethic, enlightened parenting, Goethe as an advocate of play, colonial fantasies, children’s almanacs, ethnographic play, and an empire of toys, Simpson’s argument follows a compelling path toward understanding the reproduction of religious, gendered, ethnic, racial, national, and imperial identities, emanating from German-speaking Europe, that collectively construct a global imaginary. This foundational and deeply original study connects German-speaking communities across the Atlantic as they collectively engender the epistemology of the play world. It will be of particular interest to German studies scholars whose research crosses the Atlantic.


The Vanity Fair Diaries

The Vanity Fair Diaries

Author: Tina Brown

Publisher: Henry Holt

Published: 2017-11-14

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1627791361

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The diaries of the author's years as editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair also serves as a portrait of the 1980s in New York and Hollywood, describing her summons from London in the hopes of saving Condé Nast's periodical and her experiences within the world of glamour magazines


Summer Nights, Walking

Summer Nights, Walking

Author: Robert Adams

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13:

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'Summer Nights, Walking' is a sequence of nightscapes photographed along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Though much of the area has been urbanized, Robert Adams focuses on the continuing natural presence found in the shape of the land.


The Writers Directory 2008

The Writers Directory 2008

Author: Michelle Kazensky

Publisher: Saint James Press

Published: 2007-06

Total Pages: 1286

ISBN-13: 9781558626003

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Features bibliographical, biographical and contact information for living authors worldwide who have at least one English publication. Entries include name, pseudonyms, addresses, citizenship, birth date, specialization, career information and a bibliography.


New York Magazine

New York Magazine

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1983-11-14

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13:

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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.


How Did You Get To Be Mexican

How Did You Get To Be Mexican

Author: Kevin Johnson

Publisher: Temple University Press

Published: 2010-06-21

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1592138187

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A readable account of a life spent in the borderlands between racial identity.


Writing Literature Reviews

Writing Literature Reviews

Author: Jose L. Galvan

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-04-05

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1351858920

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Guideline 12: If the Results of Previous Studies Are Inconsistent or Widely Varying, Cite Them Separately


More Home Cooking

More Home Cooking

Author: Laurie Colwin

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2000-05-03

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0060955317

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More Home Cooking, like its predecessor, Home Cooking, is an expression of Laurie Colwin's lifelong passion for cuisine. In this delightful mix of recipes, advice, and anecdotes, she writes about often overlooked food items such as beets, pears, black beans, and chutney. With down-to-earth charm and wit, Colwin also discusses the many pleasures and problems of cooking at home in essays such as "Desserts That Quiver," "Turkey Angst," and "Catering on One Dollar a Head." As informative as it is entertaining, More Home Cooking is a delicious treat for anyone who loves to spend time in the kitchen.


Area

Area

Author: Eric Goode

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Published: 2013-11-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780810972766

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This illustrated history of the fabled New York club Area is a trip back to the glamorous downtown art scene of the 1980s that brought together the worlds of young and beautiful artists, musicians, fashion designers, writers, socialites and celebrities.--Publisher.