Child's Play
Dorothy Howard and the Folklore of Australian Children
Author: June Factor and Kate Darian-Smith
An American academic who pioneered as an advocate for the play of children in the 1950s, she observe and documented the play and folklore of children in Australia, meticulously documenting accounts of childhood games such as hopscotch, marbles, and string games. Her insights into the world of the child are truly relevant today.
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An American academic who pioneered as an advocate for the play of children in the 1950s, she observe and documented the play and folklore of children in Australia, meticulously documenting accounts of childhood games such as hopscotch, marbles, and string games. Her insights into the world of the child are truly relevant today.
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Dorothy Howard first documented the play of Australian children in the mid 1950s. Her remarkable finds are detailed here. Humorous and perceptive, she provides a radical perspective on the interaction between a society's economic structure, social mores and ideology. She explores children's traditionalism, inventiveness, their mimicry and subversive mockery. Accompanied by essays from well-known Australians June Factor, Kate Darian Smith and Brian Sutton-Smith.
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