Caught in play : how entertainment works on you /

Most of us have become so immersed in a book or game or movie that the activity temporarily assumed a profound significance and the outside world began to fade. Although we are likely to enjoy these experiences in the realm of entertainment, we rarely think about what effect they might be having on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stromberg, Peter G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Amusements > Social aspects.
Play > Social aspects.
Recreation > Social aspects.
Leisure > Social aspects.
Jeu > Aspect social.
Loisirs > Aspect social.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Amusements > Social aspects
Play > Social aspects
Recreation > Social aspects
Spiel
Unterhaltung
Anthropologie
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Caught up in the game
  • Romantic realism
  • Romanticism and the birth of consumer culture
  • Role-playing
  • Looking under the hood
  • Meta-action (the bird's-eye view)
  • Romance and the romantic
  • Play and agency in legal drug use
  • The oscillation between boredom and stimulation
  • Entertainment and our understanding of the self.

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