Transforming tales : how stories can change people / Rob Parkinson.

By:

Parkinson, Rob, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (336 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781846429194
1846429196
1843109743
9781843109747

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transforming tales.DDC classification:

616.89/165 22

LOC classification:

RC489.S74 P368 2009eb

NLM classification:

2009 D-224
WM 420

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Contents:

Transforming Tales: How Stories Can Change People; Contents; TABLE OF STORIES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. The Natural Storyteller; 2. The Spanish Game: Guided Imagery and Stories; 3. The Way You Tell 'Em: The Art and Craft of Oral Storytelling; 4. Traditional Ways of Storytelling; 5. Marvellous Miniatures: Making Short Metaphors; 6. New Lamps for Old: Transposing Stories; 7. Traps and Treasures: Symbols, Stories within Stories and Metaphorical Literacy; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX.

Summary: The power of story in our lives is far from adequately understood in contemporary culture. Equally the therapeutic power of storytelling, how it can quite literally entrance and even heal, has been ignored until recently. Transforming Tales reveals the true of impact of stories on our lives and how stories can create feelings of hope, take away psychological distress and even stimulate the immune system. Written by an experienced professional storyteller, this book contains over 90 short stories, from traditional fables to fascinating modern yarns, and allows readers to understand the hidden p.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327) and indexes.

The power of story in our lives is far from adequately understood in contemporary culture. Equally the therapeutic power of storytelling, how it can quite literally entrance and even heal, has been ignored until recently. Transforming Tales reveals the true of impact of stories on our lives and how stories can create feelings of hope, take away psychological distress and even stimulate the immune system. Written by an experienced professional storyteller, this book contains over 90 short stories, from traditional fables to fascinating modern yarns, and allows readers to understand the hidden p.

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