The Playdate: Parents, Children, and the New Expectations of Play
Tamara R. Mose
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Description for The Playdate: Parents, Children, and the New Expectations of Play
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFP; JHBK; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
A playdate is an organized meeting where parents come together with their children at a public or private location to interact socially or “play.” Children no longer simply “go out and play,” rather, play is arranged, scheduled, and parentally-approved and supervised. How do these playdates happen? Who gets asked and who doesn’t? What is acceptable play behavior? In The Playdate, Tamara R. Mose focuses on the parents of young children in New York City to explore how the shift from spontaneous and child-directed play to managed and adult-arranged playdates reveals the structures of modern parenting and the new realities of ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814760512
SKU
V9780814760512
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99-1
About Tamara R. Mose
Tamara R. Mose is Associate Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She is the author of Raising Brooklyn: Nannies, Childcare, and Caribbeans Creating Community.
Reviews for The Playdate: Parents, Children, and the New Expectations of Play
Sociologist Mose explores an emerging pattern of child-rearing within the context of declining use of public space, social class and the challenges busy urban families face building a sense of community.
Choice Connect
While carefully describing the social norms of playdates and birthday parties, and how these norms differ by social class, Mose also writes with a critical ... Read more
Choice Connect
While carefully describing the social norms of playdates and birthday parties, and how these norms differ by social class, Mose also writes with a critical ... Read more