Transforming the Canonical Cowboy: Notes on the Determinacy and Indeterminacy of Children'S Play and Cultural Development

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ABSTRACT

At a certain moment in a Brazilian preschool classroom, a hat falls off a shelf. A little girl, Alcione, picks it up and puts it on her head.

“What is your name?” asks her friend.

“My name,” says Alcione, “is Bete, Bete Carrera.”