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Autore |
Shepard Benjamin <1969-> |
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Play, creativity, and social movements : if I can't dance, it's not my revolution / / Benjamin Shepard |
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New York, : Routledge, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-82964-4 |
1-280-68250-7 |
1-136-82965-2 |
9786613659446 |
0-203-83148-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (331 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 57 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social movements |
Play - Social aspects |
Play - Psychological aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Play, Creativity, and Social Movements. If I Can't Dance, It's Not My Revolution; Copyright; Contents; Lists of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Notes toward an Introduction. From Play to Eternity; 1. Surrealists, Situations, and Street Parties. History, Play, and Social Movements; 2. Play as Prank. From the Yippies to the Young Lords; 3. Send in the Clowns. Play, Pleasure, and Struggles against Oblivion; 4. Play as Community Building. From Gardens to Global Action; 5. Play as Street Party. Reclaiming Streets and Creating More Gardens! |
6. Playing in Topsy-Turvy Times. From Carnival to Carnage7. From Play to Panic. Ludic Organizing in Absurd Times; 8. The Limits of Play. Radical Clowning vs. Tomato Picking; Notes toward a Conclusion. Reflections on the Study of Play in Social Movements; Interviews; A Brief Glossary of Groups; References; About the Author; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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As we play, we step away from stark reality to conjure up new possibilities for the present and our common future. Today, a new cohort of social activists are using it to create social change and reinvent democratic social relations. In contrast to work or routine, play |
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must be free. To the extent that it is, it infuses a high-octane burst of innovation into any number of organizational practices and contexts, and invites social actors to participate in a low-threshold, highly democratic process of collaboration, based on pleasure and convivial social relations. Despite the contention that suc |
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