The Case For Make Believe
Saving Play in a Commercialized World
Published on 27. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
258 pages
978-1-59558-449-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"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 Flow."
-Library Journal
"Linn brings invaluable expertise to this well-organized and straightforward exploration of a neglected subject."
-Booklist
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59558-449-6 (9781595584496)
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07/2009
1st Edition
The New Press
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Person
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.