Play, Performance, and Identity

Play, Performance, and Identity
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9781317703242
ISBN-13 : 1317703243
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Book Synopsis Play, Performance, and Identity by : Matt Omasta

Download or read book Play, Performance, and Identity written by Matt Omasta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 corporations, non-profit organizations, government agencies, religious organizations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Each chapter explores diverse sites of play. From theme parks to comic conventions to massively-multiplayer online games, they probe what roles the designers of these experiences construct for players, and how such play might affect participants' identities and ideologies. Scholars of performance studies, leisure studies, media studies and sociology will find this book an essential reference when studying facets of play.


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