Screen LibraryDesigning the creative child : playthings and places in midcentury America /
"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 d...
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University of Minnesota Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Minneapolis : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
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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 |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-279) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780816679614 (paperback) : 9780816679607 (hardback) 0816679606 (hardback) 0816679614 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | HQ792 |
| CLC: | D771.285-05 |
| Call Number: | D771.285-05/O341 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Object lessons -- Constructing creativity in postwar America -- Educational toys and creative playthings -- Creative living at home -- Building creativity in postwar schools -- Learning imagination in art and science -- Epilogue: The legacy of consuming creativity. |