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Furthers discourse and understanding about the complex phenomenon we know as play.

Table of Contents

Introduction Stuart Reifel Foundations and Theory of Play What is Play For? Sexual Selection & the Evolution of Play Garry Chick Reframing the Validity of Players & Play Brian Sutton-Smith Play & Post Modernism Thomas Henricks The Concept of Play in Hans-Georg Gadamer's Hermeneutics Kjetil Steinsholt and Eli Traasdahl Symbolic Play & the Evolution of Culture: A Comparative Life History Perspective Warren P. Roberts Gender and Children's Play Boys Who Play Hopsctoch: The Historical Divide of Gendered Space Derek Van Rheen The Interaction of Gender & Play Style in the Development of Gender Segregation Julie Tietz and Stephanie Shine Boys and Girls at Play: Recess at an Urban Southern Elementary School Olga S. Jarrett, Beth Farokhi, Gwen Davies and Catharine Young Theory of Mind Explaining the Connection: Pretend Play and Theory of Mind Angeline Lillard Imaginary Companions: Charactheristics and Correlates Marjorie Taylor, Stephanie M. Carlson and Lynn Gerow A Study of Pretend Play and False Belief in Preschool Children: Is All Pretense Metarepresentational? Mark Nielsen and Cheryl Dissanayake A Developmental Link Between the Production of Gestural Representation and Understanding of Mental Representation Thomas Suddendorf Pretending, Understanding, Pretense, and Understanding Minds Angeline Lillard Understanding the Pretense-Theory of Mind Relationship Kavanaugh Adult-Child Play Maternal Scaffolding of Taiwanese Play: Qualitative Patterns Jui-Chih Chin and Stuart Reifel Paternal Notions About Their Children's Playfulness & Children's Notions of Play in the United States and Hong Kong Robyn Holmes Validity of Three Tests of Playfulness with African-American Children and Their Parents and Relationships Amoung Parental Beliefs and Values and Children's Observed Playfulness Carolyn Porter and Anita Bundy Attitudes of Parents and Teachers About Play Aggression in Young Children James E. Johnson, Susan J. Welteroth, and Susan M. Corl Classroom Play Play as a Learning Medium Revisited James Christie The Effects of Situational Context on Playful Behaviors of Young Preschool Children Arleen T. Dodd, Jeanne T. Wilson and Cosby S. Rogers Bilingual Children's Language Usage During Dramatic Play My-ae Han, Alfredo Benavides, and James Christie Factors in Three-to-Five-Year-Old Children's Play Olivia N. Saracho Index

About the Author

Stuart Reifel is Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches in the early childhood education program in the College of Education.

Reviews

Scholarly analyses and reports of research from diverse disciplines amplify our understanding of play in Western and on-Western societies.
*Adolescence*

. . . offers many ideas for achieving a more balanced study of American Society.
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