The handbook of the study of play

Overview : play as self realization: towards a general theory of play / Thomas Henricks

Integrative approaches to the biological study of play / Gordon Burghardt

Play in America : an historical overview / Jon-Paul C. Dyson

Psychological approaches to the study of play / Doris Bergen

Anthropology and the study of play / Garry Chick

Parent-child play across cultures : theoretical considerations and suggestions for advancing play research / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Kimberly Davidson

Sociological perspectives on play / Thomas S. Henricks

Studying play without calling it that: humanistic and positive psychology / Peter Gray

Philosophizing play / Wendy Russell and Emily Ryall

Classic theories of play / Thomas S. Henricks

Modern theorists of play : Huizinga, Caillois, Goffman, and Henricks / Thomas S. Henricks

The interpretation of play : psychoanalysis and beyond / Stephen P. Demanchick

Standing 'a head taller than himself' : Vygotskian and post-Vygotskian views on children's play / Elena Bodrova and Deborah Leong

Play through a Bakhtinian lens / Lynn E. Cohen

Piaget's sympathetic but unromantic account of children's play / Richard DeLisi

Play theory : a personal journey and new thoughts / Brian Sutton-Smith

Games psychotherapists play : hide and seek in the therapeutic dialog / Terry Marks-Tarlow

Play and early childhood education / David Kuschner

Recess and learning : research on the effects of recess on children and teachers / Olga S. Jarrett

The principles of playwork / Fraser Brown

"Jamming together" as musical play / Patricia A. St. John

Performance, theatre, and improvisation : bringing play and development into new arenas / Carrie Lobman

Play interventions and therapy / Cindy Dell Clark

Where are we now? : challenges for the study of play / Thomas S. Henricks

A student's guide for understanding play through the theories of Brian Sutton-Smith / Alice M. Meckley

Play therapy on the edge : understanding definitions and change mechanisms / Stephen P. Demanchick and Mary Anne Peabody

How does play contribute to literacy? / James F. Christie and Kathleen A. Roskos

Designing and creating playgrounds : the future is now / Joe L. Frost

Mapping the landscape of children's play / David Lancy

Challenges to research on play : mending the methodological mistakes / Angeline S. Lillard, Rebecca A. Dore, Emily J. Hopkins, and Eric D. Smith

Does play have to be playful? / Lynn A. Barnett and Megan H. Owens

Play fighting and real fighting / Peter Smith

Integrating conceptual divisions within and between the studies of play and well-being / Gwen Gordon

Give play a chance : the psychobiology of play and the benefits of social playfulness / Jaak Panksepp

Epilogue : what's not play? A meditation / Scott Eberle.

Overview : play as self realization: towards a general theory of play / Thomas Henricks

Integrative approaches to the biological study of play / Gordon Burghardt

Play in America : an historical overview / Jon-Paul C. Dyson

Psychological approaches to the study of play / Doris Bergen

Anthropology and the study of play / Garry Chick

Parent-child play across cultures : theoretical considerations and suggestions for advancing play research / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Kimberly Davidson

Sociological perspectives on play / Thomas S. Henricks

Contributions of humanistic and positive psychology to the understanding of play / Peter Gray

Philosophizing play / Wendy Russell and Emily Ryall

Classical theories of play / Thomas S. Henricks

Modern theorists of play : Huizinga, Caillois, Goffman, and Henricks / Thomas S. Henricks

The interpretation of play : psychoanalysis and beyond / Stephen P. Demanchick

Standing 'a head taller than himself' : Vygotskian and post-Vygotskian views on children's play / Elena Bodrova and Deborah Leong

Play through a Bakhtinian lens / Lynn E. Cohen

Piaget's sympathetic but unromantic account of children's play / Richard DeLisi

Play theory : a personal journey and new thoughts / Brian Sutton-Smith

Games psychotherapists play : hide and seek in the therapeutic dialog / Terry Marks-Tarlow

Play and early childhood education / David Kuschner

Recess and learning : research on the effects of recess on children and teachers / Olga S. Jarrett

The principles of playwork / Fraser Brown

"Jamming together" as musical play / Patricia A. St. John

Performance, theatre, and improvisation : bringing play and development into new arenas / Carrie Lobman

Play interventions and therapy / Cindy Dell Clark

Where are we now? : challenges to the study of play / Thomas S. Henricks

A student's guide for understanding play through the theories of Brian Sutton-Smith / Alice M. Meckley

Play therapy on the edge : understanding definitions and change mechanisms / Stephen P. Demanchick and Mary Anne Peabody

How does play contribute to literacy? / James F. Christie and Kathleen A. Roskos

Designing and creating playgrounds : the future is now / Joe L. Frost

Mapping the landscape of children's play / David Lancy

Challenges to research on play : mending the methodological mistakes / Angeline S. Lillard, Rebecca A. Dore, Emily J. Hopkins, and Eric D. Smith

Does play have to be playful? / Lynn A. Barnett and Megan H. Owens

Play fighting and real fighting / Peter Smith

Playing nicely together : integrating studies of well-being and play / Gwen Gordon

Give play a chance : the psychobiology of play and the benefits of social playfulness / Jaak Panksepp

Epilogue : what's not play? / Scott Eberle.