Children's Play and Culture

Catalog description

An intensive examination of children's play. Theoretical and empirical contributions from psychology and anthropology as a developmental and cross-cultural foundation for the following topics: the historical development of the concept of childhood, theories of play, conceptions of play and work, the functions of play, play and child development, gender differences, cross-cultural forms of play, and children's peer cultures. Also listed as AN-342 . Anthropology majors should register for AN-342 .