Joyce Carol Oates Quote
Playdate. (n) A Date arranged by adults in which young children are brought together, usually at the home of one of them, for the premeditated purpose of playing. A feature of contemporary American upscale suburban life in which neighborhoods have ceased to exist, and children no longer trail in and out of neighbor childrens houses or play in backyards. In the absence of sidewalks in newer gated coummunities, children cannot walk to playdates but must be driven by adults, usually mothers. A playdate is never initiated by the players (i.e., children), but only by their mothers.In American-suburban social climbing through playdating, this is the chapter you’ve been awaiting.
Joyce Carol Oates
Playdate. (n) A Date arranged by adults in which young children are brought together, usually at the home of one of them, for the premeditated purpose of playing. A feature of contemporary American upscale suburban life in which neighborhoods have ceased to exist, and children no longer trail in and out of neighbor childrens houses or play in backyards. In the absence of sidewalks in newer gated coummunities, children cannot walk to playdates but must be driven by adults, usually mothers. A playdate is never initiated by the players (i.e., children), but only by their mothers.In American-suburban social climbing through playdating, this is the chapter you’ve been awaiting.
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About Joyce Carol Oates
Oates taught at Princeton University from 1978 to 2014, and is the Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor Emerita in the Humanities with the Program in Creative Writing. From 2016 to 2020, she was a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where she taught short fiction in the spring semesters. She now teaches at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Oates was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2016.