Open AccessHello Girls & Boys! A New Zealand Toy Story
Author(s) -
Lynette Townsend
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of new zealand studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
0eISSN - 2324-3740
pISSN - 1176-306X
DOI - 10.26686/jnzs.v0i21.3919
Subject(s) - appeal , project commissioning , moment (physics) , everyday life , media studies , aesthetics , visual arts , sociology , advertising , publishing , psychology , art , literature , law , political science , business , physics , classical mechanics
Toys are powerfully evocative objects that can immediately connect us to a moment in the past. They have nostalgic appeal both in terms of our own childhood and that of others to which we are connected. Toys provide a tangible link to the past that most people can relate to, a link that is skilfully educed in David Veart’s Hello Girls & Boys! A New Zealand Toy Story. This book explores the ways in which toys are part of our everyday life and as such document moments in history, changes in society and culture, and evolving technologies.