The People in the Playground
The People in the Playground
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The result of the author's field studies over two years in a school playground, this book records conversations and events, illustrating the games and jokes beloved by children.
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The People in the Playground by Iona Opie
The result of the author's field studies over two years in a school playground, this book records conversations and events, illustrating the games and jokes beloved by children. The book shows how school-lore evolves and is transmitted. Much human behaviour is recorded here - the differences in attitudes between the sexes; the boys' devotion to fighting and football, and their innate kindness; the art of story-telling; the friendships and enmities; the interest in sex; the diversity of characters; and the hilarity which creates entertainment out of trivialities. Gaining insight into the world of the child, the reader recognizes jokes of previous generations - at once a revelation and a reassurance of continuity. This account is intended for parents, teachers, folklorists, psychiatrists, sociologists and anthropologists.
Iona Opie has dedicated her life to collecting and preserving children's rhymes as an art form. I suppose my message in life is 'Nursery rhymes are good for you.' And the sooner you start, the better. I always have one myself every morning. I just open a nursery rhyme book at random. This morning I read:
Taffy was born on a
moonshiney night. His head in a pipskin,
his heels upright. You see, if you acquire a nursery rhyme-ical attitude, you're not at all put out by life's little bumps and bruises--they just seem funny and entirely normal.
Rosemary Wells says, We live in a time when our language is shrinking. Mother Goose, which represents our language at its most innocent, playful, and profound, is in danger of disappearing completely. Rhymes that have been repeated and refined for forty generations are no longer being taught to children. It is a great honor to work with Iona Opie with the hope of preserving these rhymes for many generations more. Rosemary wells lives in New York.
Taffy was born on a
moonshiney night. His head in a pipskin,
his heels upright. You see, if you acquire a nursery rhyme-ical attitude, you're not at all put out by life's little bumps and bruises--they just seem funny and entirely normal.
Rosemary Wells says, We live in a time when our language is shrinking. Mother Goose, which represents our language at its most innocent, playful, and profound, is in danger of disappearing completely. Rhymes that have been repeated and refined for forty generations are no longer being taught to children. It is a great honor to work with Iona Opie with the hope of preserving these rhymes for many generations more. Rosemary wells lives in New York.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198112655 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198112653 |
| Title | The People in the Playground |
| Author | Iona Opie |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1993-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 249 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |