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Imaginary friends and the people who create them.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Marjorie, author.
- Aguiar, Naomi R., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imaginary companions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- In this expanded second edition, Marjorie Taylor and Naomi R. Aguiar provide an update on the research into imaginary friends that has taken place in the past twenty-five years. This book explores how imaginary friends function in the lives of children and adults alike, including the creation of imaginary worlds and characters in fiction writing, the development of creativity and social understanding, and their role in coping with trauma.
- Contents:
- What is an imaginary friend and how many children have them?
- Imaginary friends who are invisible
- Imaginary friends who are personified objects
- Children who create imaginary friends: individual characteristics
- Children who create imaginary friends: the influence of family and culture
- Why do children create imaginary friends?
- Do imaginary friends help children cope with adversity?
- Do children think their imaginary friends are real?
- What happens to the imaginary friends created in early childhood?
- Paracosms: the imaginary worlds of middle childhood
- Parasocial relationships with celebrities and media characters
- The imaginary friends of adults
- Adult fiction writers and their characters
- Final thoughts: fantasy in the lives of children and adults.
- Notes:
- Previous edition: published as Imaginary companions and the children who create them by Marjorie Taylor. 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 15, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9780190888916
- 0190888911
- 9780190888893
- 019088889X
- 9780190888909
- 0190888903
- OCLC:
- 1460940177
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