Children and Play in the Holocaust: Games Among the Shadows

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Paperback
1990
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A compelling study which breaks new ground in Holocaust historiography. A combination of history and psychology, and anthropology. A suggestion that the Jewish communities tried to use play to bring an element of sanity into the lives of young people in the midst of the catastrophe. Children utilized these activities to help them adapt to the new world they were thrust into.

Synopsis

A compelling study which breaks new ground in Holocaust historiography. A combination of history and psychology, and anthropology. A suggestion that the Jewish communities tried to use play to bring an element of sanity into the lives of young people in the midst of the catastrophe. Children utilized these activities to help them adapt to the new world they were thrust into.

$34.51

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 168
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 30 Apr 1990
ISBN 10: 087023708X
ISBN 13: 9780870237089

Author Bio

George Eisen teaches at California State Polytechnic University. He is a contributor to Meaningful Play, Playful Meaning, edited by Gary Alan Fine, and author of Understanding Leisure.