Playground panopticism: Ring-around-the-children, a pocketful of women

Childhood

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-249

  Blackford, Holly ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Commercial playplaces; Consumerism; Motherhood; Panopticon; Play equipment; Playgrounds; Social play; Suburban organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942565667     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568204043059     Document Type: Review

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