Small Wonder : Worlds in a Box
Levinthal, David
ISBN 10: 1881616398 ISBN 13: 9781881616399
Published by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 1994
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Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 3816149-6
Synopsis:
In Small Wonder: Worlds in a Box, David Levinthal takes as his subject a remarkable series of 1950s playsets manufactured by master toymakers Louis Marx and T. Cohn. As a reflection of the obsessive play of the 1950s and the current nostalgia for such items, Levinthal's tabletop photography allows the reader a bird's-eye view of imaginary tableaux - Legionnaire Captain Gallant in the desert, Fort Apache and the Wild West, boy scouts camping in the woods, and travelers making a stop at a roadside Howard Johnson's. Playset vignettes are like stills from a movie of American popular culture's collective unconscious.
In the book's introduction, David Corey explores the history of playsets and their effect on American children in the 1950s.
About the Author: David Corey is a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Brooklyn College.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Small Wonder : Worlds in a Box
Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good