Toy Story: How Jewish Americans Helped Shape Childhood Culture
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- Michael Kimmel’s new book, “Playmakers,” explores the contributions of Jewish immigrants’ children to American childhood culture.
- The book examines dolls, games, books and comics that became widely recognized in the United States.
From teddy bears and Tiddlywinks to dolls, books and comics, Jewish Americans helped create many of the objects and stories that shaped childhood in the United States.
Sociologist Michael Kimmel examines that contribution in his new book, “Playmakers.” The book focuses on children of Jewish immigrants and the cultural products they developed for young Americans.
Those products became cultural touchstones, linking the experience of Jewish immigrants and their families to the broader development of American childhood.
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