Welcome to a special Toys-themed week from In Media Res. Please feel free to respond to the contributors’ comments.

This week’s In Media Res line-up:

Monday, May 5, 2008 – Raiford Guins (State University of New York, Stony Brook) presents: “Mint on Card (MOC)”

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 – Caryn Murphy (University of Wisconsin, Madison) presents: “‘She’d Like to Be a Veterinarian’: Parents, Parent Companies, and the Princess Movement”

Wednesday, May 7, 2008 – Henry Jenkins (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) presents: “‘Sometimes My Kids Seem Like a Bunch of Kangaroos!’”

Thursday, May 8, 2008 – Derek Johnson (University of Wisconsin, Madison) presents: ” “‘The Legend of G.I. Joe…New from Marvel Comics!’: The Toy as Comic Book on Television”

Friday, May 9, 2008 – Avi Santo (Old Dominion University) presents: “‘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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