Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores changes in the nature of the relationship between play, media and commercial culture through a comparison of play in the 1950s/60s and the present day, examining the continuities and discontinuities in play over time. There are many aspects of play which remain the same today as they were sixty years ago, which relate to the purposes of play, the way in which children weave in material from a range of sources in their play, including media, and how they play with each other. Differences in play between now and the mid-twentieth century are due to the very different social and cultural worlds children now inhabit, in which technology is central to many play activities.
Challenging deficit notions of play in contemporary society and providing evidence to contest the recurrent myth of the disappearance of play, the book:
- Provides an historical account of changes in the relationship between play, media and commercial culture over the past sixty years
- Offers
Table of Contents
Introduction
Early studies of children's play and the legacy of Iona and Peter Opie
Forms of play
Media, technologies and play
The material cultures of childhood
Play in the institutions of homes and schools
Space and play
Gender, sexuality and play
ConclusionReferences
