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Toys-themed week on Media Commons

Something interesting online: Media Commons, a digital scholarly network presents a toys-themed week from In Media Res starting today.

Line-up (as mentioned on the site) is as follows:

Monday
Raiford Guins: Mint on Card (MOC)

Tuesday
Caryn Murphy: Parents, Parent Companies, and the Princess Movement

Wednesday
Henry Jenkins: 'Sometimes My Kids Seem Like a Bunch of Kangaroos!'

Thursday
Derek Johnson: 'The Legend of G.I. Joe...New from Marvel Comics!': The Toy as Comic Book on Television

Friday
Avi Santo: 'Save Me Captain Stubing! Skeletor and The Lone Ranger have joined forces and are attacking the General Lee': The place of play in building story-worlds

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