Divining the plaything. The relevance of puppets and dolls in a contemporary, adult culture

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2016 in the subject Art - Art Theory, General, grade: 1, University for the Creative Arts, language: English, abstract: This text aims to explore the longstanding relevancy of puppets and dolls and considering the idea that the humanoid figurine could present itself as a vessel for a soul. The ‘soul’ is an ambiguous and elusive topic which remains as sl...