This is no Child's Play
Yrjo Hirn, savage slots and other anthropological hernias
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4841755 |
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| Authors | Osei Alleyne (0000-0002-7065-2827, University of the Arts, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 174-178 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Play (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2159-4937 • E-ISSN: 2159-4953 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21594937.2021.1934944 |
| OpenAlex | W3177942806 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Whereas (Hirn, Yrjö 1916 Hirn, Yrjö (1916). Barnlek. Helsingfors: Söderström & Co. [Google Scholar]. Barnlek. Helsingfors: Söderström & Co) Barnlek has only recently resurfaced, translated as it has been into English, contemporary scholars committed to social justice must engage both its latent and overt colonialist thinking. While Hirn's work resonates as an early intervention against a then-institutional dismissal of childrens' games as beneath anthropological study, the Finnish scholar's rehearsal of more broadly imperialist language in his chapter “On Children's Games,” begs a historic critique that places it in the context of ongoing Euro-American social upheavals
Archaeology · Criminology · Dismissal · Political science · Social justice · Sociology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · History · Law · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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