Ludic geographies: Not merely child's play

Geography Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 313-326

  Woodyer, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHICS; PLAY;

EID: 84862667533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2012.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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