“It can cry, it can speak, it can pee”: Modality values and playing affordances in contemporary baby dolls’ discourse

Baby dolls have been in the toy market for more than a hundred years, since French firm Jumeau entered the toy industry in the 19th century and started producing ‘bébés’, considered the greatest phenomena of the toy market (FLEMING, 1996). The aim of this analysis is to shed some light on the multi...

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Main Author: Danielle Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2018-09-01
Series:Ilha do Desterro
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/51429
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