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Title:

Play, performance, and identity : how institutions structure ludic spaces / edited by Matt Omasta and Drew Chappell.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Play--Social aspects.
Games--Social aspects.
Fantasy games--Social aspects.
Role playing--Social aspects.
Identity (Psychology)
Fantasy games--Social aspects.
Games--Social aspects.
Identity (Psychology)
Play--Social aspects.
Role playing--Social aspects.

Other Authors:

Omasta, Matt, 1980- editor.
Chappell, Drew, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Series:

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 35

ISBN:

1138016772
9781138016774

OCLC:

(OCoLC)891122119

LCCN:

2014037573

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)