{"product_id":"deconstructing-lego-jonathan-rey-lee-9783030536640","title":"Deconstructing Lego: The Medium and Messages of Lego Play","description":"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 \u003ci\u003ebricolage\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Rey Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030536645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030536640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.75d","brand":"Jonathan Rey Lee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126802739455,"sku":"9783030536640","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e75b5c8-3206-47ff-b91f-e6d8d4289ce0.jpg?v=1687450251","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deconstructing-lego-jonathan-rey-lee-9783030536640","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}