Forming Ethical Identities in Early Childhood Play

• 1. Ethics in Play 2. Mythic and Everyday Play 3. Playing with Possible Selves and Identities 4. Co-Authoring Ethical Selves and Identities 5. Play as Ethical Pedagogy

‘[This book] is a welcome addition to the literatures on play, moral development, and postmodern theorizing in early childhood education ... It is a terrific example of postmodern scholarship that does not sacrifice complexity for clarify and readability.’ - J. Amos Hatch, University of Tennessee‘This book is designed to provoke thought ... it dislocates itself from traditional approaches and subverts the language of play.’ - Tina Bruce, Roehampton University‘An extraordinary theoretical tour de force.’ - Maureen Kendrick, University of British Columbia"In this thoughtful, stimulating analysis of the ethical dimensions of children’s play, Edmiston argues for the value of mythic play, in which children confront issues of good and evil by enacting heroes and villains of classic and contemporary tales." – CHOICE, September 2008, Vol. 45 No. 11