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Linn, Susan.
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Play -- Psychological aspects.
Advertising and children.
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Linn, Susan.
Play -- Psychological aspects.
Advertising and children.
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The case for make believe : saving play in a commercialized world / Susan Linn.
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Linn, Susan.
New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Company, 2008.
Call #:
155
.418
L758c
Subjects
Play -- Psychological aspects.
Advertising and children.
ISBN:
9781565849709 (hc.)
1565849701 (hc.)
Description:
xi, 258 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-249) and index.
Contents:
1. Defending pretending: the necessity of make believe -- 2. Sold out: commercialism, technology, and creative play -- 3. Baby scam: the false promise of screen time for infants and toddlers -- 4. True romance: my love affair with D.W. Winnicott -- 5. Michael: grappling with change -- 6. Joey, Olivia, and Emma: limits, boundaries, and the freedom to play -- 7. Kara: the truth in make believe -- 8. Angelo: playing about secrets -- 9. Wham! pow! oof!: how media violence is killing play -- 10. The princess trap: make believe and the loss of middle childhood -- 11. Playing for life: what we all gain from make believe -- 12. Sasha, your peas are calling you: nurturing play in a culture bent on squelching it.
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