The Lifework and Legacy of Iona and Peter Opie
Research into Children’s Play
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The Lifework and Legacy of Iona and Peter Opie
Research into Children’s Play
About this book
Iona and Peter Opie were twentieth-century pioneers. Their research and writing focused on the folklore of British children – their games, rhymes, riddles, secret languages and every variety of the traditions and inventions of the children's collective physical and verbal play. Such closely observed, respectful, good-humoured and historically attuned writing about the traditions of childhood was a revelation to English-language readers around the world. Their numerous books were a rare phenomenon: they attracted a popular readership far beyond the professional and academic communities. For those who work with children, their collaborative research was a powerful influence in confirming the immense capacities of the young for cooperation, conservation, invention and imagination. Their books challenged – then and now – the bleak and limited view of children which focuses on their smallness, ignorance and powerlessness.
The writers in this volume pay their tribute to the Opies by exploring a wonderfully varied topography of children's play, from different countries and different perspectives. Their research is vivid and challenging; that is, as it should be, in the tradition of the Opies.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Play.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Citation Information
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 What is the state of play?
- 2 A lifetime in the playground (inaugural address to ‘The State of Play’ conference, University of Sheffield, 1998)
- 3 The making of folklore books: chiefly the experiences of the Revd. John Brand and the Opies
- 4 The lives and legacies of Iona and Peter Opie
- 5 Colleagues in the Antipodes: conversations with Iona and Peter Opie
- 6 The lore and law of the playground
- 7 From local to global: the evolution of musical play in secondary schools
- 8 From the wild frontier of Davy Crockett to the wintery fiords of Frozen: changes in media consumption, play and literacy from the 1950s to the 2010s
- 9 Meeting in the Middle East: Iona and Peter Opie’s contribution to co-existence education
- 10 Child play is serious: children’s games, verbal art and survival in Africa
- Memories of and Reflections about the Opies and their Work
- 17 Books worth (re)reading
- Index