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15 - Playing and Imagining across the Life Course

A Sociocultural Perspective

from Part II - Development of Play in Humans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2018

By
Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur  and
Artin Göncü
Edited by
Peter K. Smith  and
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine
Peter K. Smith
Affiliation:
Goldsmiths, University of London
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine
Affiliation:
Syracuse University, New York
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The Cambridge Handbook of Play
Developmental and Disciplinary Perspectives
 , pp. 258 - 278
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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