The Ambiguity of Play

The Ambiguity of Play
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780674044180
ISBN-13 : 0674044185
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Book Synopsis The Ambiguity of Play by : Brian Sutton-Smith

Download or read book The Ambiguity of Play written by Brian Sutton-Smith and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sutton-Smith focuses on play theories rooted in seven distinct "rhetorics"--The ancient discourses of fate, power, communal identity, and frivolity and the modern discourses of progress, the imaginary, and the self. In a sweeping analysis that moves from the question of play in child development to the implications of play for the Western work ethic, he explores the values, historical sources, and interests that have dictated the terms and forms of play put forth in each discourse's "objective" theory


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