> Pentti Hakkarainen requested some information a few days ago and no one
> has responded. I have a little bit of information, but mostly I am
> interested in where her research is headed. Specifically, she requested
> references that would contribute to current efforts to _analyze children's
> play in historical perspective._ The best source I can offer is the work
> of Opie and Opie--they are/were folklorists in the UK. Beyond that, a
> few years ago the City Museum of New York had an exhibit on children's
> play in NYC--they may have a catalog from that exhibit. And, of course,
> several scholars have written about the effect of electronic mass media on
> children's play, materialistic desires, and imagination. I suspect this
> work on the mass media focuses on changes too recent to be what Pentti
> wants.
>
> David Kritt
> University of Houston
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