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The Work of Play: Child Psychotherapy in Contemporary Korea

The Work of Play: Child Psychotherapy in Contemporary Korea

Current price: $108.00
Publication Date: December 18th, 2013
Publisher:
Lexington Books
ISBN:
9780739183021
Pages:
138

Description

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.

About the Author

Sheena Nahm, PhD, is a cultural anthropologist with an interdisciplinary health sciences and social sciences background. She works with families in low-income urban areas of Los Angeles while also teaching courses in health, culture, and social change for The New School.