The case for make believe
Subtitle: saving play in a commercialized world
By: Susan Linn.
Publisher: New Press; Distributed by W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781565849709
Subjects: Play -- Psychological aspects; Advertising and children
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-249) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Defending pretending : the necessity of make believe; title: 2. Sold out : commercialism, technology, and creative play; title: 3. Baby scam : the false promise of screen time for infants and toddlers; title: 4. True romance : my love affair with D.W. Winnicott; title: 5. Michael : grappling with change; title: 6. Joey, Olivia, and Emma : limits, boundaries, and the freedom to play; title: 7. Kara : the truth in make believe; title: 8. Angelo : playing about secrets; title: 9. Wham! pow! oof! : how media violence is killing play; title: 10. The princess trap : make believe and the loss of middle childhood; title: 11. Playing for life : what we all gain from make believe; title: 12. Sasha, your peas are calling you : nurturing play in a culture bent on squelching it.