Dangerous games : what the moral panic over role-playing games says about play, religion, and imagined worlds / / Joseph P. Laycock |
Autore | Laycock Joseph <1980-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 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 |
ISBN |
0-520-28492-5
0-520-96056-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787231203321 |
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Dangerous games : what the moral panic over role-playing games says about play, religion, and imagined worlds / / Joseph P. Laycock |
Autore | Laycock Joseph <1980-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 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 |
ISBN |
0-520-28492-5
0-520-96056-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819978103321 |
Laycock Joseph <1980->
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
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Science fiction double feature : the science fiction film as cult text |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
Disciplina | 791.4/3615 |
Collana | Liverpool science fiction texts and studies Science fiction double feature |
Soggetto topico |
Science fiction films - History and criticism
Cult films - History and criticism Film Music, Dance, Drama & Film |
Soggetto non controllato |
fan studies
science fiction genre cinema cult film |
ISBN | 1-78138-236-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Science fiction double feature / J.P. Telotte -- From "Multiverse" to "Abramsverse" : Blade runner, Star trek, multiplicity, and the authorizing of cult/SF worlds / Matt Hills -- The coy cult text : The man who wasn't there as noir SF / Mark Bould -- "It's alive!" : the splattering of SF films / Stacey Abbott -- Sean Connery reconfigured : from Bond to cult science fiction figure / Geral Duchovnay -- The cult film as affective technology : anime and Oshii Mamoru's Innocence / Sharlyn Orbaugh -- Whedon, Browncoats, and the Big Damn Narrative : the unified meta-myth of Firefly and Serenity / Rhonda V. Wilcox -- Iron sky's war bonds : cult SF cinema and crowdsourcing / Chuck Tryon -- Transnational interactions : District 9, or Apaches in Johannesburg / Takayuki Tatsumi -- A donut for Tom Paris : identity and belonging at European SF/fantasy conventions / Nicolle Lamerichs -- Robot monster and the "Watchable-- terrible" cult/SF film / J.P. Telotte -- Science fiction and the cult of Ed Wood : Glen or Glenda?, Bride of the monster, and Plan 9 from outer space / Rodney F. Hill -- Visual pleasure, the cult, and paracinema / Sherryl Vint -- "Lack of respect, wrong attitude, failure to obey authority" : Dark star, a boy, and his dog, and New Wave cult SF / Rob Latham -- Capitalism, camp, and cult SF : Space truckers as satire / M. Keith Booker -- Bubba Ho-tep and the seriously silly cult film / Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154851203321 |
Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2016 | ||
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