Play and games in the peer cultures of preschool and preadolescent children: An interpretative approach

Childhood

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-402

  Evaldsson, Ann Carita ^a   Corsaro, William A ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's peer cultures; Children's play and games; Ethnography; Italy; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042902338     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568298005004003     Document Type: Article

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