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Henricks, Thomas S.,

Play reconsidered : sociological perspectives on human expression / Thomas S. Henricks. - viii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index.

Johan Huizinga's challenge to play studies -- Karl Marx on creativity and alienation -- Emile Durkheim on the social foundations of expression -- Max Weber and the rationalization of play -- Georg Simmel and the play-forms of social life -- Erving Goffman on play as encounter -- Play as human expression.

ISBN: 0252030788 9780252030789 0252073185 9780252073182

LCCN: 2005031443

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Play--Sociological aspects

LC Class. No.: GV14.45 / .H466 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 306.481