The Ambiguity of Play

Brian Sutton-Smith

    Preface

    Acknowledgments

    Play and Ambiguity

    Rhetorics of Animal Progress

    Rhetorics of Child Play

    Rhetorics of Fate

    Rhetorics of Power

    Rhetorics of Identity

    Child Power and Identity

    Rhetorics of the Imaginary

    Child Phantasmagoria

    Rhetorics of Self

    Rhetorics of Frivolity

    Conclusion

    Bibliography

    Index

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  • A photo of the author

Brian Sutton-Smith is Professor of Education, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania.