Play A Polyphony of Research, Theories, and Issues [Paperback]

This collection of ten essays delves into the psychological and cultural complexities related to children's play. The contributors draw on a wide variety of theorists, including Mikhail Bakhtin, Sigmund Freud, Ernst Jentsch, and Jean Piaget.This volume addresses the study of play from an interdisciplinary cadre of scholars in the fields of anthropology, education, psychology, linguistics, and history. In this time of globalization, hyper-capitalism, and discourses that disqualify childrens play, we invite the reader to participate in diverse ways of thinking about play and pedagogy.The Association for the Study of Play (TASP) (www.tasp.org) is the sponsor of volume twelve in the Play & Culture Studies series. TASP is a professional group of interdisciplinary researchers who study play.Polyphony, defined as having many tones or voices, was used by the Russian philosopher Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin to describe the immense plurality of experiences in relationships. The chapters in volume 12 of Play & Culture Studies address the polyphony or many voices in the study of play from an interdisciplinary cadre of scholars in the fields of anthropology, education, psychology, linguistics, and history. In this time of globalization, hyper-capitalism, and discourses that disqualify childrens play, we invite the reader to participate in diverse ways of thinking about play and pedagogy. To this end, Play, Volume 12 addresses research methodology, contemporary theories, technology, and advocacy. Applications to practice and policy implications are presented.ContentsList of IllustrationsForewordJim JohnsonAcknowledgmentsIntroductionLynn E. Cohen & Sandra Waite-Stupiansky?I. A Polyphony of Play: Researchers' Voices1. Childrens Playful Consumption: The Hidden Negotiations of the Playground and the HomeAbby Loebenberg2. Childrens Play Preferences in the Pacific Rim: Then and NowRobyn Holmes3. Play-based vs Teacher-Directed Pedagogy: Rationale for Action Research in Tl“=