Teddy Bear Stories

Caldas-Coulthard, CR; van Leeuwen, T

Teddy Bear Stories

Caldas-Coulthard, CR van Leeuwen, T

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Social Semiotics, 2003, 13 (1), pp. 5 - 27
Issue Date:: 2003-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Caldas-Coulthard, CR	en_US
dc.contributor.author	van Leeuwen, T https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2163-8700	en_US
dc.date.issued	2003-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Social Semiotics, 2003, 13 (1), pp. 5 - 27	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1035-0330	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/1093
dc.description.abstract	This paper presents a semiotic analysis of a key cultural artefact, the teddy bear. After introducing the iconography of the teddy bear, it analyses different kinds of stories to show how teddy bears are endowed with meaning in everyday life: stories from children's books, reminiscences by adults about their childhood teddy bears, and children's accounts of what they do with their teddy bears, both written for school and told 'out of school'. The paper sees teddy bears as artefacts that provide a cultural channelling for the child's need of a transitional object, and argues that the meanings of teddy bears have traditionally centred on interpersonal relations within the nuclear family, but have recently been institutionalised and commercialised. © 2003 Taylor & Francis Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Social Semiotics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/1035033022000133490	en_US
dc.title	Teddy Bear Stories	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	13	en_US
utslib.for	2002 Cultural Studies	en_US
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
utslib.for	2099 Other Language, Communication and Culture	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Education
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - STEM Education Futures
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pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	13	en_US

Abstract:

This paper presents a semiotic analysis of a key cultural artefact, the teddy bear. After introducing the iconography of the teddy bear, it analyses different kinds of stories to show how teddy bears are endowed with meaning in everyday life: stories from children's books, reminiscences by adults about their childhood teddy bears, and children's accounts of what they do with their teddy bears, both written for school and told 'out of school'. The paper sees teddy bears as artefacts that provide a cultural channelling for the child's need of a transitional object, and argues that the meanings of teddy bears have traditionally centred on interpersonal relations within the nuclear family, but have recently been institutionalised and commercialised. © 2003 Taylor & Francis Ltd.

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