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Ellen G Levine - Art in Action: Expressive Arts Therapy and Social Change - 9781849058209 - V9781849058209
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Art in Action: Expressive Arts Therapy and Social Change

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Description for Art in Action: Expressive Arts Therapy and Social Change Paperback. The book's contributors explore the transformative power of the arts therapies in areas stricken by conflict 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. Editor(s): Levine, Ellen. Series: Arts Therapies. Num Pages: 240 pages, Black and white photographs. BIC Classification: MMJT; MQTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Arts Therapies
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849058209
SKU
V9781849058209
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About Ellen G Levine
Stephen K. Levine is Professor Emeritus of Social Science at York University in Toronto, Canada, Vice-Provost and Dean of the Doctoral Program in Expressive Arts Therapy: Education, Consulting and Social Change at the European Graduate School in Switzerland, and Co-Director of ISIS Canada. Shaun McNiff PhD, ATR is the Provost and Dean of Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. An internationally-renowned ... Read more

Reviews for Art in Action: Expressive Arts Therapy and Social Change
It is difficult to describe this book in a few words - please read it and be inspired!
Restorative Justice.org Reading the collected essays found in this book is like being given a window into not only the diversity of what expressive arts therapy and its uses in the public sphere are, but beyond that, what expressive arts looks ... Read more

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