Recess battles : playing, fighting, and storytelling /
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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| Language: | English |
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University Press of Mississippi,
2010
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Tensions in an Urban American School Yard; PART 1. PLAYIN' AND FIGHTIN'; PART 2. THE PUSH AND PULL OF ADULT CULTURE; PART 3. PLAY AND CHILDREN'S CULTURE; Conclusion: Wrestling with the School Yard; Postscript: Screaming Culture; APPENDIXES; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
