Play
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas S Henricks (corresponding author), Thomas Henricks |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosp024 |
| OpenAlex | W4237225019 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Within the social sciences, play has been an especially difficult phenomenon to define and study. Some scholars have described play as a pattern of individual behavior or social interaction, which features competition, improvisation, and fantasy. Others have emphasized play as a pattern of experience or awareness. By that standard, some participants in a shared activity may be playing while others are not. Still other researchers have focused on the cultural frameworks or scenes of play, with the understanding that all that happens within those settings should be deemed playful. Such settings frequently include games and sports; gambling; festivals, parties, and masquerades; artistic and musical expression; daydreams; jokes, rhymes, and storytelling; teasing and other forms of disrespect; rough‐and‐tumble behaviors, dramatic role performances, and adventurous pursuits like caving and skydiving. In that light, many of the daily activities of young children are characterized as play; and playfulness is considered to be an important trait of various species of mammals
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Expression (computer science · Fantasy · Improvisation · Literature · Musical · Narrative · Phenomenon · Storytelling · Visual arts · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |