Brian Sutton-Smith, Professor of Education, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania, is the author of some fifty books and hundreds of journal articles. In 1995 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Folklore Society.
12 Ebooks by Brian Sutton-Smith
Brian Sutton-Smith: The Folkstories of Children
What prompts children to tell stories? What does the word ‘story’ mean to a child at two or five years of age? The Folkstories of Children, first published in 1981, features nearly five hundred stori …
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€34.99
Anna R. Beresin: Recess Battles
Winner of the Opie Prize from the Children’s Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society As children wrestle with culture through their games, recess itself has become a battleground for the co …
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€30.99
Thomas W. Johnson & Felicia McMahon: Children’s Folklore
A groundbreaking collection of essays on a hitherto underexplored subject that challenges the existing stereotypical views of the trivial and innocent nature of children’s culture, this work reveals …
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€59.71
Thomas W. Johnson & Felicia McMahon: Children’s Folklore
A groundbreaking collection of essays on a hitherto underexplored subject that challenges the existing stereotypical views of the trivial and innocent nature of children’s culture, this work reveals …
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€59.71
M. E. Lamb & Michael E. (University of Cambridge, UK) Lamb: Sibling Relationships
First published in 1982. Since the emergence of developmental psychology early this century, theorists and researchers have emphasized the family’s role in shaping the child’s emergent social style, …
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€64.49
M. E. Lamb & Michael E. (University of Cambridge, UK) Lamb: Sibling Relationships
First published in 1982. Since the emergence of developmental psychology early this century, theorists and researchers have emphasized the family’s role in shaping the child’s emergent social style, …
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€64.00
Brian Sutton-Smith: A History of Children’s Play
New Zealand children from 1840 to 1890 were subjected to an unusual combination of agrarian existence and an industrial social philosophy in the newly formed schools. When schools became more univers …
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€92.99
Gordon M. Burghardt: Genesis of Animal Play
In The Genesis of Animal Play, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play in humans and animals. He asks what play might mean in our understanding of evolution, the brain, behavioral …
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€96.30
Anna R. Beresin: Recess Battles
Winner of the Opie Prize from the Children’s Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society As children wrestle with culture through their games, recess itself has become a battleground for the co …
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€38.56
Brian Sutton-Smith: Ambiguity of Play
Every child knows what it means to play, but the rest of us can merely speculate. Is it a kind of adaptation, teaching us skills, inducting us into certain communities? Is it power, pursued in games …
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€62.79
Brian Sutton-Smith: Children’s Folklore
A collection of orginal essays by scholars from a variety of fields– includng American studies, folklore, anthropology, pyschology, sociology, and education—Children’s Folklore: A Source Book move …
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€29.16
Brian Sutton-Smith: Ambiguity of Play
Every child knows what it means to play, but the rest of us can merely speculate. Is it a kind of adaptation, teaching us skills, inducting us into certain communities? Is it power, pursued in games …
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English
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€62.79
