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Miku’s mask: Fictional encounters in children’s costume play
| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
|---|---|
| Author | Helgesen, Espen |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | Children’s engagement with Japanese toys and fictional characters has taken on new significance in the age of YouTube. Drawing on ethnographic research on technology-mediated play among 8- and 9-year-olds in Norway, this article shows how boundaries between “real” humans and “fake” non-humans are blurred and undermined when children take on the perspective of a fictional pop star known as Miku. I argue that YouTube provides a platform for children’s playful experimentation with posthuman subjectivities, where they orient themselves toward the future not in terms of becoming adult but in terms of multiple becomings. |
| Related Links | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0907568214554962 |
| Ending Page | 550 |
| Page Count | 15 |
| Starting Page | 536 |
| File Format | |
| ISSN | 09075682 |
| e-ISSN | 14617013 |
| Journal | Childhood (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 22 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications |
| Publisher Date | 2015-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | SAGE Publications |
| Subject Keyword | Developmental and Educational Psychology Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Developmental and Educational Psychology |
