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The People in the Playground by Iona Archibald Opie is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The People in the Playground about?
<p>For nearly forty years Iona Opie worked with her husband, Peter, on a notable series of books on the traditional lore of childhood, among them <b>Children's Games in Street and Playground</b>, <b>The Singing Game</b>, and <b>The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren</b>. As part of her fieldwork, she visited a local school playground every week, where she would write down events exactly as they happened, and conversations exactly as they were spoken. The result of these many years of observation, <b>The People in the Playground</b> is a startlingly honest portrait of children at play, at once charming and hilarious, alarming and poignant, and full of infectious vitality.<br> Here we meet the children of the Junior School playground in Liss-their favorite games, their silliest jokes, their engaging personalities. Opie provides much insight into children's play and human behavior: why crazes begin and stop so suddenly; the reasons for popularity and unpopularity; the ways in which new lore arrives on the playground; the unconcerned killing in the perennial game of War; or the tender commiseration for a friend who has stubbed his toe. She follows individual children week by week: the
Who reads The People in the Playground?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Iona Archibald Opie
- Publisher
- Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780192853011
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Folklore, Anthropology, Fiction