The Lifework and Legacy of Iona and Peter Opie (eBook, PDF)

Research into Children's Play
Redaktion: Bishop, Julia C.; Factor, June

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a celebration of children's play, an evaluation of the achievements of Iona and Peter Opie in highlighting its importance, and a selection of articles inspired by their work. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Play.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429941191
• Artikelnr.: 59097175

Autorenporträt

Julia C. Bishop is a folklorist specialising in children's play. She has published on multimodal transmission and performance in play and the history of children's play. She is currently researching the work of Iona and Peter Opie and the online publication of their archival collection. June Factor is a writer, folklorist and social historian. She was a founding editor of the International Journal of Play and has published widely, including Captain Cook Chased a Chook: Children's Folklore in Australia (1988), Kidspeak: A Dictionary of Australian Children's Words (with Siobhan Hannan, 2000) and the Far Out! series of children's verbal lore.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. What is the state of play? 2. A lifetime in the playground
(inaugural address to 'The State of Play' conference, University of
Sheffield, 1998) 3. The making of folklore books: chiefly the experiences
of the Revd. John Brand and the Opies 4. The lives and legacies of Iona and
Peter Opie 5. Colleagues in the Antipodes: conversations with Iona and
Peter Opie 6. The lore and law of the playground 7. From local to global:
the evolution of musical play in secondary schools 8. From the wild
frontier of Davy Crockett to the wintery fiords of Frozen: changes in media
consumption, play and literacy from the 1950s to the 2010s 9. Meeting in
the Middle East: Iona and Peter Opie's contribution to co-existence
education 10. Child play is serious: children's games, verbal art and
survival in Africa Memories of and Reflections about the Opies and their
Work 11. Iona Opie: distant relations and 'the kindness of friends' 12.
O.P.: collection as celebration of children's self-organized play 13. Iona
and me 14. What the Opies have meant to me: opening teachers' eyes to the
literacies of the playground 15. Making sense with the Opies 16. Stumbling
into folklore more than 50 years ago 17. Books worth (re)reading