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Transformations: The Anthropology of Children's Play
Helen Schwartzman
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Description for Transformations: The Anthropology of Children's Play
Paperback. Editor(s): Schwartzman, Helen B. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 589.
Writing a book about play leads to wondering. In writing this book, I wondered first if it would be taken seriously and then if it might be too serious. Eventually, I realized that these concerns were cast in terms of the major dichotomy that I wished to question, that is, the very perva sive and very inaccurate division that Western cultures make between play and seriousness (or play and work, fantasy and reality, and so forth). The study of play provides researchers with a special arena for re-thinking this opposition, and in this book an attempt is made to do ... Read more
Writing a book about play leads to wondering. In writing this book, I wondered first if it would be taken seriously and then if it might be too serious. Eventually, I realized that these concerns were cast in terms of the major dichotomy that I wished to question, that is, the very perva sive and very inaccurate division that Western cultures make between play and seriousness (or play and work, fantasy and reality, and so forth). The study of play provides researchers with a special arena for re-thinking this opposition, and in this book an attempt is made to do ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461339403
SKU
V9781461339403
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