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The case for make believe : saving play in a commercialized world / Susan Linn.

By:

Linn, Susan [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : New Press, 2008Distributor: New York : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Company Description: xi, 258 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1565849701
9781565849709

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

155.418 22

LOC classification:

BF717 .L56 2008

Contents:

1. Defending pretending : the necessity of make believe -- 2. Sold out : commercialism, technology, and creative play -- 3. Baby scam : the false promise of screen time for infants and toddlers -- 4. True romance : my love affair with D.W. Winnicott -- 5. Michael : grappling with change -- 6. Joey, Olivia, and Emma : limits, boundaries, and the freedom to play -- 7. Kara : the truth in make believe -- 8. Angelo : playing about secrets -- 9. Wham! pow! oof! : how media violence is killing play -- 10. The princess trap : make believe and the loss of middle childhood -- 11. Playing for life : what we all gain from make believe -- 12. Sasha, your peas are calling you : nurturing play in a culture bent on squelching it.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	North Campus North Campus Main Collection	155.418 LIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A425159B
Book	North Campus North Campus Main Collection	155.418 LIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A425158B

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-249) and index.

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