Recess battles : playing, fighting, and storytelling / Anna R. Beresin ; foreword by Brian Sutton-Smith.
As children wrestle with culture through their games, recess itself has become a battleground for the control of children's time. Based on dozens of interviews and the observation of over a thousand children in a racially integrated, working-class public school, Recess Battles is a moving refle...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University Press of Mississippi,
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| Summary: | As children wrestle with culture through their games, recess itself has become a battleground for the control of children's time. Based on dozens of interviews and the observation of over a thousand children in a racially integrated, working-class public school, Recess Battles is a moving reflection of urban childhood at the turn of the millennium. The book debunks myths about recess violence and challenges the notion that schoolyard play is a waste of time. The author videotaped and recorded children of the Mill School in Philadelphia from 1991 to 2004. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 168 pages) : illustrations, music. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781604737400 1604737409 1282960830 9781282960831 1621036650 9781621036654 9786612960833 6612960833 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |