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The Case For Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World
Susan Linn
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Description for The Case For Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
Gripping stories of children at home, school and in the therapist's office using make-believe to grapple with real-life issues from entering nursery school to the death of a sibling. In an age where toys come from television shows and dress-up means Disney costumes, Linn lays out the inextricable links between play, creativity and health, showing why society should protect children from corporations that aim to limit their imaginations.
Gripping stories of children at home, school and in the therapist's office using make-believe to grapple with real-life issues from entering nursery school to the death of a sibling. In an age where toys come from television shows and dress-up means Disney costumes, Linn lays out the inextricable links between play, creativity and health, showing why society should protect children from corporations that aim to limit their imaginations.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The New Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781595584496
SKU
V9781595584496
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Susan Linn
Susan Linn, author of Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood (The New Press), is a psychologist at Judge Baker Children's Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston. An award-winning ventriloquist internationally recognized for her pioneering work using puppet therapy with children, she was mentored by the late Fred Rogers.
Reviews for The Case For Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World
"A wonderful look at how playing can heal children, how in “pretend-worlds” they can find their truest selves. [Linn's] fierce advocacy for kids is on every page of this terrific book." —The Boston Globe "[A] welcome addition to such books as D.W. Winnicott's Playing and Reality, Bruno Bettleheim's The Uses of Enchantment, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's ... Read more