Children's play as cultural interpretation

Play and Development: Evolutionary, Sociocultural, and Functional Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 155-178

  Göncü, Artin ^a   Jain, Jyoti ^a   Tuermer, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936511     Document Type: Chapter

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