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Brian Sutton-Smith, Playful Scholar

A Centennial Celebration
Buch | Softcover
180 Seiten
2024
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-7402-7 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
This book honors the legacy of Dr. Brian Sutton-Smith, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Folklore at the University of Pennsylvania. We present an eclectic array of essays written in honor of the centennial of his birth, ranging from the scholarly to the overtly playful.
This book honors the legacy of Dr. Brian Sutton-Smith, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Folklore at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Sutton-Smith was considered the premier play scholar of his generation, with numerous publications in the fields of developmental psychology, folklore, anthropology, sociology of sport, education, and philosophy. We present an eclectic array of essays written in honor of the centennial of his birth, ranging from the scholarly to the overtly playful. There are essays distilling his work to their key ideas and some that offer a robust and respectful critique. There are personal anecdotes honoring his memory, and original works of fiction celebrating his legacy. The book is a joint publication between the International Journal of Play and the TASP biannual Play and Culture Studies and includes photographs of Brian Sutton-Smith, as well as heartfelt appreciation from scores of colleagues.

Michael M. Patte is professor of early childhood education and program coordinator for the Child Life Specialist and Playwork Programs at Commonwealth University. Fraser Brown is a retired professor of playwork. Prior to retirement he was Director of Studies for all postgraduate playwork research at Leeds Beckett University. Anna Beresin is professor emerita at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

List of Figures, Images and Tables

Foreword byJames E. Johnson

Introduction by Michael M. Patte

Chapter 1: An Ever-Incomplete Conversation Between Three Books: Homo Ludens by Johan Huizinga, The Ambiguity of Play by Brian Sutton-Smith, and The Ecology of Imagination in Childhood by Edith Cobb by Sylwyn Guilbaud

Chapter 2: Memories of Brian: a Fellow Contrarian byGordon M. Burghardt

Chapter 3: Brian Sutton-Smith and the Obscurity of Play by Peter D. McDonald

Chapter 4: Key Ideas of Brian Sutton-Smith by Anna Beresin

Chapter 5: The Remembrances of a Folklorist by June Factor

Chapter 6: Play Manifesto by Ana Marjanovic-Shane

Chapter 7: The Ambiguity of Love: A Commedia dell’arte Scenario Based on The Seven Rhetorics of Play of Brian Sutton-Smith’s Famous Work (with scholarly commentary) by John Joseph Cash & John A. Cross

Chapter 8: From the Streets of Wellington to the Ivy League: Reflecting on a Lifetime of Play

– An Interview with Brian Sutton-Smith by Fraser Brown & Michael M. Patte

Chapter 9: Brian Does a Prank by Jay Mechling

Chapter 10: Brian Sutton-Smith and Anything Goes: “A carnevale ogni scherzo vale” by Helen B. Schwartzman

Chapter 11: Metaphorical Explorations of Play and Playwork by Fraser Brown

Chapter 12: Brian Sutton-Smith: Notes and Snapshots by Jeffrey Goldstein

Chapter 13: My Hybrid Hundredth Birthday Celebration for Brian Sutton-Smith by Elizabeth Tucker

Chapter 14: Incorporating Adult Play in Graduate Education: Inspired by Brian Sutton-Smith by Myae Han, Ekaterina Novikova, Stephanie Kuntz, Ariadni Kouzeli, Sharon Davis, Amy Santos, & Margo Harlan

Chapter 15: Inside the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong by Jeremy K. Saucier

Chapter 16: A Sutton-Smith Mini Puzzle by Anna Beresin

Appendix: Brief Reflections—A Celebratory Compilation by Fraser Brown

About the Contributors

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Play and Culture Studies
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-7618-7402-X / 076187402X
ISBN-13 978-0-7618-7402-7 / 9780761874027
Zustand Neuware
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