Popular culture in counseling, psychotherapy, and play-based interventions [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Lawrence C. Rubin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454220503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY, : Springer, c2008
• ISBN: 1-281-81286-2; 9786611812867; 0-8261-0119-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RubinLawrence C. <1955->
• Disciplina: 616.89; 616.89/1653
• Soggetti: Child psychotherapy; Adolescent psychotherapy; Popular culture - Therapeutic use; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: Literature; PART II: Music; PART III: Movies; PART IV: Video and Board Games; PART V: Television; PART VI: Sports; PART VII: Innovations in the Use of Popular Culture; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: With a Foreword by Danny Fingeroth, former Group Editor of Marvel's Spiderman comics line. Popular culture, simply stated, is the language of a people, expressed through everything from its clothing, food choices, and religious practices to its media. The popular and predominant values, interests, and needs of a society find their way into mass consciousness through a variety of venues including literature, cinema, television, video games, sport, and music. Through the inter-related forces of mass production, global marketing and the Internet, the fruits of popular culture penetrate into store