Deconstructing Dolls: Girlhoods and the Meanings of Play, Paperback - Miriam Forman-Brunell

In recent decades, emerging scholarship in the field of girlhood studies has led to a particular interest in dolls as sources of documentary eviden...

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Dolls are the focus of this pioneering anthology establishing Dolls Studies as an interdisciplinary field of scholarly inquiry. This work revises c...

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DescriptionPlay takes up much of the time budget of young children, and many animals, but its importance in development remains contested. This com...

This is a must-read book for all students studying early childhood at a range of levels and practitioners who are looking to deepen their understan...

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Thoughtfully curated by bestselling author and blogger Alistair Bryce-Clegg, this beautiful Pinterest-worthy book is brimming with 365 days worth o...

Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Ricky PontingNumber of pages: 720Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 131 x 197 x 46Cover type: Paperbac...

The attitude to play and recreation built into the architectural choices that brought the modern city into being gets explored in this thoughtful a...

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This book straightforwardly describes how adults can support children's free play, with a holistic, inclusive and practical approach.

Publisher: Transcript VerlagAuthor(s): Hanns Christian SchmidtNumber of pages: 300Collection: Studies of Digital Media CulturePublication date: 202...

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Most students encounter drama as they do poetry and fiction - as literature to be read - but never experience the performative nature of theater. H...

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This book explores the unintended consequences of compassion in the world of immigration politics. Miriam Ticktin focuses on France and its humanit...

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Deconstructing Prehumanity is an investigation into the role of archaeological perception in the construction of race. It explores how social knowl...

Description'Brunelli's animals are often composed only of suggestive fragments. His spare black and white images are attuned to the nuances of a mo...

Publisher: Dewi Lewis PublishingAuthor(s): Giacomo BrunelliIllustration(s): 30 tritone photographsNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2014Dimensio...

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Aimed at lay, student, and academic readers alike, this book concerns the imagination, and specifically imagination in music. It opens with a discu...

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2016 marks the 50th anniversary of this era-defining, record-breaking bestseller.

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