Gerald Nachtwey

Strictly Fantasy

The Cultural Roots of Tabletop Role-Playing Games
Herausgeber: Kapell, Matthew Wilhelm

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Produktbeschreibung

Role-playing games seemed to appear of nowhere in the early 1970s and have been a quiet but steady presence in American culture ever since. This new look at the hobby searches for the historical origins of role-playing games deep in the imaginative worlds of Western culture.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Gaming
• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 288g
• ISBN-13: 9781476675718
• ISBN-10: 1476675716
• Artikelnr.: 62749474

Autorenporträt

Gerald Nachtwey is an associate professor of English at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface One.
"A total fantasy world" Two.
"Rapt clean out of ourselves": Fantasy Literature and Immersion Three.
"The belief in luck": Leisure Culture, Middle Class Adventurers and Midwestern Dungeons Four.
"Why are you opening the gates of hell?": Ritual, Religion and Role-Playing Games Five.
"Feigned histories": Gender, Race and Identity in Fantasy Role-Playing Games Conclusion: "The pleasures of real life" Chapter Notes Works Cited Index