Conceptual, Social-Cognitive, and Contextual Issues in the Fields of Play: 4 (Play & Culture Studies) - Image 1

£63.84

Bloomsbury Academic Conceptual, Social-Cognitive, and Contextual Issues in the Fields of Play: 4 (Play & Culture Studies)

Name: Conceptual, Social-Cognitive, and Contextual Issues in the Fields of Play: 4 (Play & Culture Studies)
Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
Price: 60.33 GBP
Availability: InStock

Anthropology & Sociology

Price History & Forecast

Last 40 days • 40 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 40 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £64 (28 days, 70.0%)

Price range: £60 - £64

Price levels: 2 different prices over 40 days

Description

The research and theoretical contributions of international and multidisciplinary scholars have advanced our understanding of the role of play in evolution and behavior. The diverse articles in this volume range from theoretical and conceptual advances, scientific investigations, to discourse about applied issues and different dimensions of play. The authors provide excursions into the adaptive, cultural, and social significance of play. The databased papers fall into four categories: the role of age, gender, and ethnicity in play participation, social-cognitive connections to play, fighting and play fighting, and play and process in adulthood. Play is defined as behavior that is not necessary to survival and yet is undertaken voluntarily as a method by which to improve the quality of life. This study, addressing the definition, role, and characteristics of play, falls within the research of education, psychology, anthropology, sociology, leisure studies, and primatology. The play of humans and nonhumans takes a variety of forms and serves multiple purposes within mental and emotional states of being. The motivation and impact of play behavior varies with the type of play performed. The studies included in this volume address simple games, more complex creative activities, the emotional implications of play throughout adult life, and the role of play in human social construction.

Product Specifications

Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 156750647X
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 December 2001
Listed Since: 09 February 2007

Barcode

No barcode data available

Bloomsbury Academic Conceptual, Social-Cognitive, and Contextual Issues in the Fields of Play: 4 (Play & Culture Studies)

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Play from Birth to Twelve: Contexts, Perspectives, and Meanings

Play: A Theory of Learning and Change

The Value of Play

Play and Educational Theory and Practice (Play & Culture Studies)

Play and Child Development

The Handbook of the Study of Play

Play from Birth to Twelve: Contexts, Perspectives, and Meanings

Rethinking Children's Play (New Childhoods)

Play and Literacy in Early Childhood: Research From Multiple Perspectives

Routledge Play in Philosophy and Social Thought - Book

Play and Development: Evolutionary, Sociocultural, and Functional Perspectives (Jean Piaget Symposia Series)

Child's Play: Myth, Mimesis and Make-Believe (Explorations in Anthropology)

Play for Health Across the Lifespan: Stories from the Seven Ages of Play

Play Across Childhood: International Perspectives on Diverse Contexts of Play

Oxford University Press - Play = Learning Child Development Book

Play and Development: Evolutionary, Sociocultural, and Functional Perspectives (Jean Piaget Symposia Series)

The Power of Play in Higher Education: Creativity in Tertiary Learning

Play and Learning in Adulthood: Reimagining Pedagogy and the Politics of Education

Qualitative Studies of Exploration in Childhood Education: Cultures of Play and Learning in Transition (Transitions in Childhood and Youth)

Child's Play: Sport in Kids' Worlds (Critical Issues in Sport and Society)

Play and Democracy: Philosophical Perspectives

Rethinking Play and Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education: Concepts, Contexts and Cultures

In Celebration of Play: An Integrated Approach to Play and Child Development: 17 (Psychology Library Editions: Child Development)

Children, Play, and Development