Brian Sutton-Smith, Playful Scholar

Michael M. Patte is professor of early childhood education and program coordinator for the Child Life Specialist and Playwork Programs at Commonwealth University.Fraser Brown is emeritus professor of playwork. Prior to retirement he was Director of Studies for all postgraduate playwork research at Leeds Beckett University. Anna Beresin is professor emerita at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• List of Figures, Images and TablesForeword byJames E. JohnsonIntroduction by Michael M. PatteChapter 1: An Ever-Incomplete Conversation Between Three Books: Homo Ludens by Johan Huizinga, The Ambiguity of Play by Brian Sutton-Smith, and The Ecology of Imagination in Childhood by Edith Cobb by Sylwyn GuilbaudChapter 2: Memories of Brian: a Fellow Contrarian byGordon M. BurghardtChapter 3: Brian Sutton-Smith and the Obscurity of Play by Peter D. McDonaldChapter 4: Key Ideas of Brian Sutton-Smith by Anna BeresinChapter 5: The Remembrances of a Folklorist by June FactorChapter 6: Play Manifesto by Ana Marjanovic-ShaneChapter 7: The Ambiguity of Love: A Commedia dell’arte Scenario Based on The Seven Rhetorics of Play of Brian Sutton-Smith’s Famous Work (with scholarly commentary) by John Joseph Cash & John A. CrossChapter 8: From the Streets of Wellington to the Ivy League: Reflecting on a Lifetime of Play– An Interview with Brian Sutton-Smith by Fraser Brown & Michael M. PatteChapter 9: Brian Does a Prank by Jay MechlingChapter 10: Brian Sutton-Smith and Anything Goes: “A carnevale ogni scherzo vale” by Helen B. SchwartzmanChapter 11: Metaphorical Explorations of Play and Playwork by Fraser BrownChapter 12: Brian Sutton-Smith: Notes and Snapshots by Jeffrey GoldsteinChapter 13: My Hybrid Hundredth Birthday Celebration for Brian Sutton-Smith by Elizabeth TuckerChapter 14: Incorporating Adult Play in Graduate Education: Inspired by Brian Sutton-Smith by Myae Han, Ekaterina Novikova, Stephanie Kuntz, Ariadni Kouzeli, Sharon Davis, Amy Santos, & Margo HarlanChapter 15: Inside the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong by Jeremy K. Saucier Chapter 16: A Sutton-Smith Mini Puzzle by Anna BeresinAppendix: Brief Reflections—A Celebratory Compilation by Fraser BrownAbout the ContributorsIndex

Written in clear, engaging prose, [this book] highlights Sutton-Smith’s ability to navigate playfully multiple disciplinary territories in his thinking, research, and writings about play… It is a worthy contribution to the literature and should appeal to all those interested in the study of play.