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Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds

Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds - Paperback

by Gary Alan Fine
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gary Alan FinePublish date:2002-08-14Pages:298
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226249445ISBN-10:226249441UPC:9780226249445Book Category:Social Science, Games & ActivitiesBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Role Playing & FantasySize:9.58 x 4.44 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCSHC668F8
This classic study still provides one of the most acute descriptions available of an often misunderstood subculture: that of fantasy role playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. Gary Alan Fine immerses himself in several different gaming systems, offering insightful details on the nature of the games and the patterns of interaction among players-as well as their reasons for playing.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226249445ISBN-10:226249441UPC:9780226249445Book Category:Social Science, Games & ActivitiesBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Role Playing & FantasySize:9.58 x 4.44 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCSHC668F8
Gary Alan Fine is a professor of sociology at Northwestern University. His many books include Difficult Reputations: Collective Memories of the Evil, Inept, and Controversial and With the Boys: Little League Baseball and Preadolescent Culture, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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2nd Edition

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Gary Alan Fine

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Gary Alan Fine

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