Play: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis: Play and Culture Studies Robert Fagen University Press of America

Play

An Interdisciplinary Synthesis

Play

An Interdisciplinary Synthesis

Description

Play: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis is co-published with the Association for the Study of Play (TASP), an interdisciplinary, international organization of play-research scholars. This volume, the sixth in the Play and Culture TASP series, synthesizes biological, anthropological, educational, and psychological approaches to play. It is a valuable book with chapters from premier researchers such as Robert Fagen and Carolyn Pope Edwards of the United States, Arne Trageton of Norway, Paola de Sanctis Ricciardone of Italy, and Jean Paul Rossie of Morocco. Also included is an interstitial book-within-the-book by Brian Sutton-Smith.

Chapter 1 Editor's Note
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Evolutionary Resonances for Play: Introduction; Play, Five Gates of Evolution, and Paths to Art; Video Entertainment May Facilitate Recovery for Monkeys in a Clinical Setting; A Qualitative Approach to Boys' Rough and Tumble Play: There Is More Than
Chapter 5 Cross Cultural Play Variations: Introduction; Children's Play in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A New Look at the "Six Cultures" Study; Children's Play and Toys in Changing Moroccan Communities; At Work At Play: Training Hindu Nationalist Women; Ludic
Chapter 6 The Play Systemics of Education: Introduction; Play in Lower Primary School in Norway; The Mill Lake Hospital: Play in a Middle Classroom; Preschool Teachers' conceptions of Children's "Chaotic Play"
Chapter 7 The Variabilities Adult Leisure: Introduction; Working to Play: college Student Athletes' Conceptions of Play and Work; Community Play: At the Mall; Validity and Reliability of the Experience of Leisure Scales (TELS); Collecting as a Form of Play
Chapter 8 Conclusions: Playfulness and Tricksters: Interstitial References; Index; About the Contributors; Recent Titles in Play & Culture Studies Series

Product details

Published	Jan 31 2005
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	322
ISBN	9780761830429
Imprint	University Press of America
Dimensions	230 x 156 mm
Series	Play and Culture Studies
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing