Dangerous games : what the moral panic over role-playing games says about play, religion, and imagined worlds /

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"The 1980s saw the peak of a moral panic over fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons. A coalition of moral entrepreneurs that included the Christian Right, psychologists, and law enforcement claimed these games were not only psychologically dangerous but an occult religion masq...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Laycock, Joseph, 1980-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2015.
©2015
Subjects:
Fantasy games > Moral and ethical aspects.
Role playing > Moral and ethical aspects.
Dungeons and Dragons (Game) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Jeu de rôle > Aspect moral.
Donjons et dragons > Aspect moral.
GAMES > Role Playing & Fantasy.
RELIGION > Psychology of Religion.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface. "You Worship Gods from Books!"; Introduction. Fantasy and Reality; PART I. THE HISTORY OF THE PANIC; 1. The Birth of Fantasy Role-Playing Games; 2. Dungeons & Dragons as Religious Phenomenon; 3. Pathways into Madness: 1979-1982; 4. Satanic Panic: 1982-1991; 5. A World of Darkness: 1991-2001; PART II. INTERPRETING THE PANIC; 6. How Role-Playing Games Create Meaning; 7. How the Imagination Became Dangerous; 8. Rival Fantasies; Conclusion. Walking between Worlds.

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