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Author Nahm, Sheena, Ph. D

Title Work of Play : Child Psychotherapy in Contemporary Korea
Published Lexington Books, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- How Play Works -- Between Stigma and Demand -- Alternative Legitimacy -- Achieving Intuition -- A Good-Enough Proposal -- Disruptive Translation -- What Play Proposes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Summary The Work of Play is an anthropological ethnography of children's play therapy that examines the experiences of a group of female therapists who implemented new psychotherapeutic programs in South Korea. Drawing from the anthropology of childhood, medical anthropology, the anthropology of play, and East Asian studies, this book explores how therapists articulate expertise, community, and livelihood in contemporary Seoul
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Subject Child psychotherapy -- Korea (South)
Play therapy -- Korea (South)
Child psychopathology -- Korea (South)
Child psychopathology
Child psychotherapy
Play therapy
Korea (South)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1306315956
9781306315951