ISBN:
9780761844860
,
0761844864
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 190 pages)
Series Statement:
Play & culture studies v. 9
Parallel Title:
Print version Transactions at play
DDC:
306.8
Keywords:
Play Social aspects
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Play Psychological aspects
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Play Psychological aspects
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Play Social aspects
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Play Psychological aspects
;
Play Social aspects
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Play ; Social aspects
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; Marriage & Family
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Play ; Psychological aspects
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
When players play, there is a transactional process at work, whether for children on a teeter-totter or pandas playing with peers. In this edited volume, nine experts on play show how play transactions are an important dynamic of play across cultures, agegroups, even species. A rich array of play contexts is evident across the nine chapters, encompassing varied continents, age groups, and sorts of players. The play processes of giant pandas, of home-visiting therapists, of Polynesian women, and of autistic kids are included here. The healthy interchange of ideas about play, one of the hallmark
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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