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Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, R
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- 9780520284920
- Book Title
- Dangerous Games : What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Games & Activities, Psychology, Religion, Social Science
- Topic
- Popular Culture, Role Playing & Fantasy, Social Psychology, Psychology of Religion
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- 6in
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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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 representatives from the Christian Right, the field of psychology, and law enforcement claimed that these games were not only psychologically dangerous but an occult religion masquerading as a game. Dangerous Games explores both the history and the sociological significance of this panic. Fantasy role-playing games do share several functions in common with religion. However, religion--as a socially constructed world of shared meaning--can also be compared to a fantasy role-playing game. In fact, the claims of the moral entrepreneurs, in which they presented themselves as heroes battling a dark conspiracy, often resembled the very games of imagination they condemned as evil. By attacking the imagination, they preserved the taken-for-granted status of their own socially constructed reality. Interpreted in this way, the panic over fantasy-role playing games yields new insights about how humans play and together construct and maintain meaningful worlds. Laycock's clear and accessible writing ensures that Dangerous Games will be required reading for those with an interest in religion, popular culture, and social behavior, both in the classroom and beyond.
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520284925
ISBN-13
9780520284920
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204050131
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dangerous Games : What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Popular Culture, Role Playing & Fantasy, Social Psychology, Psychology of Religion
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Games & Activities, Psychology, Religion, Social Science
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
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Gv1469.6.L395 2015
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Dangerous Games presents a detailed and multi-layered history of the social realities surrounding Role Playing Games (RPGs), analyzing a complex legacy of cultural and religious epistemologies, in order to argue that the corresponding moral panic over such games is itself a form of dangerous corrupted play. ... Overall, Dangerous Games is an important read for students and scholars of contemporary history, religion, popular culture, and mythology., This book will be useful for those who wish to explore the intersections of religion and popular culture. . . .clear and convincing.
Table of Content
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 Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2015
Lccn
2014-030653
Dewey Decimal
793.93
Dewey Edition
23
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