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Book SynopsisPlay: 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.
Table of ContentsChapter 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
