Kate Adams

Unseen Worlds

Looking Through the Lens of Childhood

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book explores children's experiences of creative play, fairies, angels, imaginary friends, dreams, seeing deceased relatives alongside the more frightening realms of nightmares and the unexplained. It breaks new ground by giving voice to children of various ages to express how they encounter these worlds and why they often keep them a secret.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781849050517
• ISBN-10: 1849050511
• Artikelnr.: 29157647

Autorenporträt

Kate Adams, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln, England. Her research interests include children's spiritual lives and the significance of dreams for children. Kate is co-author of The Spiritual Dimension of Childhood also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Living in Multiple Worlds. 2. Worlds of Play.
3. Seeing the Unseen. 4. The Worlds at Night. 5. The Darker Worlds. 6. It's
Just Your Imagination. 7. Accepting Children's Worlds. 8. Affirming
Children's Worlds. 9. Returning to Childhood. References. Index.