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Playframes How Do We Know We Are Playing?

Paperback • 2024 • English

Playframes How Do We Know We Are Playing?

By Celia Pearce

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About the book

An exploration of how we know we’re playing and what happens when we don’t. Playframes builds on the work of Gregory Bateson and Erving Goffman to take a deep dive into Bateson’s primary question: How do we know we’re playing? In this book, Celia Pearce addresses this question by building a comprehensive theory of the specific mechanisms that metacommunicate the message “this is play.” This “big tent” approach covers a broad swath of playframes, ranging from theme parks to cosplay, board and vi...Show more

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ISBN

9780262550819

Publisher

MIT Press

Published year

2024

Language

English

Original title

Playframes How Do We Know We Are Playing?

Format

Paperback

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