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Author Marsh, Jackie, author

Title Changing play : play, media and commercial culture from the 1950s to the present day / Jackie Marsh, Julia C. Bishop
Published Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2013

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Contents Front cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Praise for this book; Contents; Notes on the authors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Early studies of children's play and the legacy of Iona and Peter Opie; 3 Forms of play; 4 Media, technologies and play; 5 The material cultures of childhood; 6 Play in the institutions of home and school; 7 Space and play; 8 Gender, sexuality and play; 9 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; Back cover
Summary The aim of this book is to offer an informed account of changes in the nature of the relationship between play, media and commercial culture in England through an analysis of play in the 1950s/60s and the present day
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Play -- England -- History -- 20th century
Technology and children -- England -- History -- 20th century
Mass media and children -- England -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Manners and customs.
Mass media and children.
Play.
Technology and children.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056954
Subject England.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Bishop, Julia C., 1960- author.
ISBN 9780335247585
033524758X