The Handbook of the Study of Play  21000

published as two volumes

• Introduction    James E. Johnson
• Overview: Play as Self-Realization—Toward a General Theory of Play   Thomas S. Henricks

I: Disciplines

1. Integrative Approaches to the Biological Study of Play   Gordon M. Burghardt
2. Play in America: A Historical Overview   Jon-Paul C. Dyson
3. Psychological Approaches to the Study of Play   Doris Bergen
4. Anthropology and the Study of Play   Garry Chick
5. Parent-Child Play Across Cultures: Theoretical Considerations and Suggestions for Advancing Play Research   Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Kimberley L. Davidson
6. Sociological Perspectives on Play   Thomas S. Henricks
7. Studying Play Without Calling It That: Humanistic and Positive Psychology   Peter Gray
8. Philosophizing Play   Wendy Russell and Emily Ryall

II: Influential Minds

9. Classic Theories of Play   Thomas S. Henricks
10. Modern Theorists of Play: Huizinga, Caillois, Goffman, and Henricks   Thomas S. Henricks
11. The Interpretation of Play: Psychoanalysis and Beyond   Stephen P. Demanchick
12. Standing “A Head Taller Than Himself”: Vygotskian and Post-Vygotskian Views on Children’s Play   Elena Bodrova and Deborah J. Leong
13. Play Through a Bakhtian Lens   Lynn E. Cohen
14. Piaget’s Sympathetic But Unromantic Account of Children’s Play    Richard De Lisi
15. Play Theory: A Personal Journey and New Thoughts   Brian Sutton-Smith

III: Applications

16. Games Psychotherapists Play: Hide-and-Seek in the Therapeutic Dialogue   Terry Marks-Tarlow
17. Play and Early Childhood Education  David Kuschner
18. Recess and Learning; Research on the Effects of Recess on Children and Teachers   Olga S. Jarrett
19. The Principles of Playwork   Fraser Brown
20. “Jamming Together” as Musical Play   Patricia A. St. John
21. Performance, Theater, and Improvisation: Bringing Play and Development into New Arenas   Carrie Lobman
22. Play Interventions and Therapy   Cindy Dell Clark

IV: Challenges

23. Where Are We Now?: Challenges for the Study of Play   Thomas S. Henricks
24. A Student’s Guide for Understanding Play Through the Theories of Brian Sutton-Smith   Alice M. Meckley
25. Play Therapy on the Edge: Understanding Definitions and Change Mechanisms   Stephen P. Demanchick and Mary Anne Peabody
26. How Does Play Contribute to Literacy?   James F. Christie and Kathleen A. Roskos
27. Designing and Creating Playgrounds: The Future Is Now   Joe L. Frost
28. Mapping the Landscape of Children’s Play  David F. Lancy
29. Challenges to Research on Play: Mending the Methodological Mistakes   Angelline S. Lillard, Rebecca A. Dore, Emily J. Hopkins and Eric D. Smith
30. Does Play Have to Be Playful?   Lynn A. Barnett and Megan H. Owens
31. Play Fighting and Real Fighting   Peter Smith
32. Integrating Conceptual Divisions Within and Between the Studies of Play and Well-being   Gwen Gordon
33. Give Play a Chance: The Psychobiology of PLAY and the Benefits of Social Playfulness   Jaak Panksepp

• Epilogue: What’s Not Play? A Meditation    Scott G. Eberle

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