| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies |
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Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction: play matters / Matt Omasta & Drew Chappell -- Warriors, wizards, and clerics: heroric identity construction in live action role playing games / Dani Snyder-Young -- Homo ludens and the sharks: structuring alternative realities while shark cage diving in South Africa / Michael Schwartz -- Playfully empowering: stunt runners and momentary performance / Terry Brino-Dean -- The future of family play at Epcot / John Newman -- Mormons think they should dance / Megan Sanborn Jones -- All the dungeon's a stage: the lived experiences of commercial BDSM players / Danielle Szlawieniec-Haw -- Cheering is tied to eating: consumption and excess in immersive, role specific dinner theatre spaces / Drew Chappell -- Becoming Batman: cosplay, performance, and ludic transformation at Comic-con / Kane Anderson -- Plaza Indonesia: performing modernity in a shopping mall / Jennifer Goodlander -- Britpicking as cultural policing in fanfiction / Erin Horáková -- Dramatic manipulations: conflict, empathy, and identity in world of Warcraft / Kimi Johnson -- Afterword: who are you? / Matt Omasta & Drew Chappell |
| Summary |
Play helps define who we are as human beings. However, many of the leisurely/ludic activities people participate in are created and governed by corporate entities with social, political, and business agendas. As such, it is critical that scholars understand and explicate the ideological underpinnings of played-through experiences and how they affect the player/performers who engage in them. This book explores how people play and why their play matters, with a particular interest in how ludic experiences are often constructed and controlled by the interests of institutions, including corporation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed on February) |
| Subject |
Play -- Social aspects
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Games -- Social aspects
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Fantasy games -- Social aspects
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Role playing -- Social aspects
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Identity (Psychology)
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- General.
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Fantasy games -- Social aspects
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Games -- Social aspects
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Identity (Psychology)
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Play -- Social aspects
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Role playing -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Omasta, Matt, 1980- editor.
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Chappell, Drew, editor
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| ISBN |
9781317703242 |
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1317703243 |
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9781315780689 |
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1315780682 |
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9781317703228 |
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1317703227 |
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9781317703235 |
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1317703235 |
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1138016772 |
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9781138016774 |
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