论儿童玩具的价值变迁

On the Variance of Children's Toys Value

玩具是一种文化,它的价值是由它的制作者和游戏者双向构成的。制作者和游戏者存在合一的状态或者分离的状态,它们构成了游戏共同体。传统玩具是传统社会生活的反映,它不仅满足了儿童游戏的需要,同时也将儿童从一个自然人纳入到传统文化之中;现代社会中生产方式和社会生活方式的改变使得玩具的制作者成为儿童游戏强有力的控制者,技术因素与商业因素的结盟催生了现代玩具。从传统到现代,游戏共同体的瓦解导致了传统玩具价值的衰落。

Toys could reflect a culture. The value of toys is determined by a community, which is constituted by the producers and the players of the toys. In traditional society, when the toys community is integrated, the toys could always reflect traditional social life. They could not only satisfy the children＇s demands, but also bring the children into the traditional culture. But in modern society, as the pattern of social life and the productive pattern of the toys change, the toys combine more closely with modern technology and business than before, and the producers of the toys become the controller of children＇s games. The disintegration of the play＇s community results in the value decline of traditional toys.