Toys, Play, Culture and Society
Subtitle: An Anthropological Approach with Reference to North Africa and the Sahara
Publisher: Stockholm Internation Toy Research Centre; SITREC
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Stockholm
Format: livre
Number of pages: 256
Notes: With  144 illustrations. All information on this book is available on the homepage of www.sanatoyplay.org - 

This printed book contains a CD with the 3 English and 3 French books of the series Saharan and North African Toy and Play Cultures and Cultures Ludiques Sahariennes et Nord-Africaines also published in 2005.
Table of contents: title: 1 Introduction - 2 Toy design: reflections of an anthropologist - 2.1 Who is Barbie? - 2.2 Who is Brownie the Gnome? - 2.3 Toy design with natural and waste material - 2.4 Toy design and safety - 3 Toys, play, signs, meanings and communication - 3.1 Toys, play and communication - 3.2 Toys, signs and meanings - 3.2.1 Material aspects - 3.2.2 Technical aspects - 3.2.3 Cognitive and emotional aspects - 4 Toys, play, socio-cultural reproduction and continuity - 5 Toys, play and creativity - 6 Toys, play, girls and boys - 7 Toys, play and generations - 8 Toys, play, rituals and festivities - 9 Toys, play and change - 9.1 Changing North African and Saharan childhoods - 9.2 Changing toys and play in Morocco and the Tunisian Sahara - 10 Conclusion - 11 Using North African and Saharan toy and play culture - 11.1 Pedagogical and cultural action in developing countries - 11.2 Intercultural and peace education in a Western context - List of illustrations – References - Appendix 1: Scheme for a detailed description of play, games and toys - Appendix 2: Autobiographical notes - Map of North Africa and the Sahara - Map of Morocco - Author Index - Geographic and Ethnic Index