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



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Autore: Laycock Joseph <1980-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Dangerous games : what the moral panic over role-playing games says about play, religion, and imagined worlds / / Joseph P. Laycock Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
Disciplina: 793.93
Soggetto topico: Fantasy games - Moral and ethical aspects
Role playing - Moral and ethical aspects
Dungeons and Dragons (Game) - Moral and ethical aspects
Soggetto non controllato: alter egos
christian right
christianity
conspiracy theory
constructed world
dungeons and dragons
fan studies
fantasy games
fantasy
game theory
gaming
history
imagination
law enforcement
media
mental health
morality
nonfiction
occult
play theory
popular culture
psychology
religion
religious studies
role playing games
role playing
roleplaying
rpgs
social behavior
social theory
sociology
supernatural
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface. "You Worship Gods from Books!" -- Introduction. Fantasy and Reality -- 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 -- 6. How Role-Playing Games Create Meaning -- 7. How the Imagination Became Dangerous -- 8. Rival Fantasies -- Conclusion. Walking between Worlds -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The 1980's 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Dangerous games  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-28492-5
0-520-96056-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787231203321
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