LEADER 03690nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910778442303321 005 20230704114452.0 010 $a0-674-04418-5 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674044180 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805440 035 $a(DLC)97021713 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050916 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000101800 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11124544 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101800 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10047976 035 $a(PQKB)11259443 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300549 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10326093 035 $a(OCoLC)923111776 035 $a(DE-B1597)574310 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674044180 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300549 035 $a(OCoLC)1262307256 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805440 100 $a19970512d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe ambiguity of play$b[electronic resource] /$fBrian Sutton-Smith 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (x, 276 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-271) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1 Play and Ambiguity --$t2 Rhetorics of Animal Progress --$t3 Rhetorics of Child Play --$t4 Rhetorics of Fate --$t5 Rhetorics of Power --$t6 Rhetorics of Identity --$t7 Child Power and Identity --$t8 Rhetorics of the Imaginary --$t9 Child Phantasmagoria --$t10 Rhetorics of Self --$t11 Rhetorics of Frivolity --$t12 Conclusion --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aFrom the Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth Rock to Christian Coalition canvassers working for George W. Bush, Americans have long sought to integrate faith with politics. Few have been as successful as Hollywood evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. During the years between the two world wars, McPherson was the most flamboyant and controversial minister in the United States. She built an enormously successful and innovative megachurch, established a mass media empire, and produced spellbinding theatrical sermons that rivaled Tinseltown's spectacular shows. As McPherson's power grew, she moved beyond religion into the realm of politics, launching a national crusade to fight the teaching of evolution in the schools, defend Prohibition, and resurrect what she believed was the United States' Christian heritage. Convinced that the antichrist was working to destroy the nation's Protestant foundations, she and her allies saw themselves as a besieged minority called by God to join the "old time religion" to American patriotism. Matthew Sutton's definitive study of Aimee Semple McPherson reveals the woman, most often remembered as the hypocritical vamp in Sinclair Lewis's Elmer Gantry, as a trail-blazing pioneer. Her life marked the beginning of Pentecostalism's advance from the margins of Protestantism to the mainstream of American culture. Indeed, from her location in Hollywood, McPherson's integration of politics with faith set precedents for the religious right, while her celebrity status, use of spectacle, and mass media savvy came to define modern evangelicalism. 606 $aPlay$xPsychological aspects 606 $aDevelopmental psychology 615 0$aPlay$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aDevelopmental psychology. 676 $a155 700 $aSutton-Smith$b Brian$0450198 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778442303321 996 $aThe ambiguity of play$93745157 997 $aUNINA