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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480851703321

Autore

Mose Tamara R.

Titolo

The Playdate : Parents, Children, and the New Expectations of Play / / Tamara R. Mose

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-8147-2466-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Disciplina

306.4

Soggetti

Play

Parenting

Children

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Popular Culture

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Anthropology - Cultural

POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Cultural Policy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From Play to Playdate: Moral Panic and Play Redefined -- 2. My Place or Yours? Playdate Logistics -- 3. Who Is In and Who Is Out? Obtaining Social and Cultural Capital through Inclusion and Exclusion -- 4. Playdate Etiquette: Food, Expectations, Discipline -- 5. The Birthday Party: A Hyper-Playdate -- Conclusion: As Simple as Child's Play -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- About the Author.

Sommario/riassunto

A playdate is an organized meeting where parents come together with their children at a public or private location to interact socially or 'play'. Children no longer simply 'go out and play', rather, play is arranged, scheduled, and parentally-approved and supervised. How do these playdates happen? Who gets asked and who doesn't? What is acceptable play behavior? Tamara R. Mose focuses on the parents of young children in New York City to explore how the shift from spontaneous



and child-directed play to managed and adult-arranged playdates reveals the structures of modern parenting and the new realities of childhood.