Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ530277
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Cultural Constellations and Childhood Identities: On Greek Gods, Cartoon Heroes, and the Social Lives of Schoolchildren.
Dyson, Anne Haas
Harvard Educational Review, v66 n3 p471-95 Fall 1996
Describes children's participating in dramatic play activities that are teacher or peer governed. Illustrates children's use of cultural symbols as material for story construction and social affiliation. Argues for a literacy curriculum in which cultural symbols are open to critical examination. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Children, Dramatic Play, Ethnography, Mass Media, Pretend Play, Primary Education, Social Development
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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