Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Play
- The Cambridge Handbook of Play
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Editorial Introduction
- Part I Evolution of Play
- Part II Development of Play in Humans
- 8 Infant Sensorimotor Play
- 9 Mother–Child and Father–Child Play in Different Cultural Contexts
- 10 Object Use in Childhood
- 11 Pretend and Social Pretend Play
- 12 Rough Play
- 13 Playing Games with Rules in Early Child Care and Beyond
- 14 Troublesome Binaries
- 15 Playing and Imagining across the Life Course
- Part III Historical and Anthropological Context
- Part IV Theories of Play and Research Methodology
- Part V Play and Learning
- Part VI Play with Special Groups
- Part VII Play Spaces and the Rights of Children
- Index
- References
11 - Pretend and Social Pretend Play
Complexities, Continuities, and Controversies of a Research Field
from Part II - Development of Play in Humans
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2018
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Play
- The Cambridge Handbook of Play
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Editorial Introduction
- Part I Evolution of Play
- Part II Development of Play in Humans
- 8 Infant Sensorimotor Play
- 9 Mother–Child and Father–Child Play in Different Cultural Contexts
- 10 Object Use in Childhood
- 11 Pretend and Social Pretend Play
- 12 Rough Play
- 13 Playing Games with Rules in Early Child Care and Beyond
- 14 Troublesome Binaries
- 15 Playing and Imagining across the Life Course
- Part III Historical and Anthropological Context
- Part IV Theories of Play and Research Methodology
- Part V Play and Learning
- Part VI Play with Special Groups
- Part VII Play Spaces and the Rights of Children
- Index
- References
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