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Author Akhtar, Monisha

Title Play and Playfulness : Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Aspects
Published Lanham : Jason Aronson, Inc., 2012

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Description 1 online resource (254 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Development; 1: Self-Other Action Play: A Window into the Representational World of the Infant; 2: Fathers and Play; 3: Adolescence as a Time to Play; Part II: Psychopathology; 4: Neurotic Inhibitions of Play; 5: Normal and Pathological Playfulness; 6: Remembering, Replaying, and Working Through: The Transformation of Trauma in Children's Play; Part III: Sociocultural Aspects; 7: Cultural Pathways to Understanding Children's Play: Mythology and Folklore
8: Playing for Survival during the Holocaust9: Play and Creativity; 10: Play and Track II Diplomacy; Part IV: Technical Implications; 11: Aggression in Children: Origins, Manifestations, and Management through Play; 12: Play and Very Young Children in Object Relations Family Therapy; 13: Playfulness in the Adult Analytic Relationship; References; Index; About the Contributors
Summary Appearing nearly forty years after the last significant text on the topic, this book brings the psychoanalytic theory on play truly up to date and elucidates its significance for clinical work with the help of illustrative clinical vignettes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index
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Subject Play -- Psychological aspects
Play -- Social aspects
Child development.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
Child development
Play -- Psychological aspects
Play -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Akhtar, Salman
Bergman, Anni
Bornstein, Melvin
Brenner, Ira
Daniels, Lucy
Etezady, M. Hossein
A. Freeman, Daniel M
Herzog, James
Kieffer, Christine
Lefcourt, Ilene Sackler
Mann, Mali
Scharff, Jill
Volkan, Vamik
ISBN 9780765707628
0765707624