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Title Art in action : expressive arts therapy and social change / edited by Ellen G. Levine and Stephen K. Levine ; foreword by Michelle LeBaron
Published London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations
Series Arts Therapies
Arts Therapies
Contents Foreword : Eureka! Discovering Gold in a Leaden World / Michelle LeBaron. Part I. Principles. Art Opens to the World : Expressive Arts and Social Action / Stephen K. Levine -- From Social Change to Art Therapy and Back Again : A Memoir / Ellen Levine -- Social Activism within Expressive Arts "Therapy" : What's in a Name? / Karen Estrella -- Communal Art-making and Conflict Transformation / Paolo Knill -- From the Studio to the World : How Expressive Arts Therapy Can Help Further Social Change / Shaun McNiff -- Part II. Issues. A Social-Critical Reading of Indigenous Women's Art : The Use of Visual Data to 'Show, ' rather than 'Tell, ' of the Intersection of Different Layers of Oppression / Ephrat Huss -- Inside-out Outside-in : Found Objects and Portable Studio / Debra Kalmanowitz and Bobby Lloyd -- From Private Pain Toward Public Speech : Poetry Therapy with Iraqi Survivors of Torture and War / Shanee Stepakoff [and others] -- Part III. Projects. The Choreography of Absence : (In)habiting the Imagination After War / Carrie MacLeod -- Creating Space for Change : The Use of Expressive Arts with Vulnerable Children and Women Prisoners in Sub-Saharan Africa / Gloria Simoneaux -- Beauty in the Rough Places / Karen Abbs -- Art as a Gift : Expressive Arts in Bolivia / Sally Atkins -- A Black Dog on a Green Meadow : Doing Expressive Arts Therapy in Peru : Some Headlines / TAE Peru (Judith Alalu [and others]) -- These Stories are Burning a Hole in my Brain : Using the Arts to Tell the Stories of the Ethiopian Jewish Immigrant Community in Israel / Vivien Marcow Speiser and Samuel Schwartz -- Afterword : The Power of Poiesis / MaryBeth Morand
Summary "The field of expressive arts is closely tied to the work of therapeutic change. As well as being beneficial for the individual or small group, expressive arts therapy has the potential for a much wider impact, to inspire social action and bring about social change. The book's contributors explore the transformative power of the arts therapies in areas stricken by conflict, political unrest, poverty or natural disaster and discuss how and why expressive arts works. They look at the ways it can be used to engage community consciousness and improve social conditions whilst taking into account the issues that arise within different contexts and populations. Leading expressive arts therapy practitioners give inspiring accounts of their work, from using poetry as a tool in trauma intervention with Iraqi survivors of war and torture, to setting up storytelling workshops to aid the integration of Ethiopian Jewish immigrants in Israel. Offering visionary perspectives on the role of the arts in inspiring change at the community or social level, this is essential reading for students and practitioners of creative and expressive arts therapies, as well as psychotherapists, counsellors, artists and others working to effect social change"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Arts -- Therapeutic use.
Arts and society.
Art and social action.
Social change.
Art therapy.
Art Therapy
Social Change
art therapy.
Psychotherapy.
MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General.
Art therapy
Art and social action
Arts and society
Arts -- Therapeutic use
Social change
Kunsttherapie.
Sociale verandering.
Kunsttherapie.
Expressivität.
Soziales Handeln.
Sozialer Wandel.
Soziale Probleme.
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Levine, Ellen G., editor.
Levine, Stephen K., editor.
LC no. 2010052927
ISBN 9780857002709
0857002708
1283145987
9781283145985
9786613145987
661314598X