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LEADER: 01168cam a2200253 a 4500
001 2008041877
003 DLC
005 20090912085844.0
008 080923s2009 cau b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2008041877
020 $a9780804761109 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780804761116 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aCSt/DLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aGV1201.38$b.S78 2009
082 00 $a306.4/81$222
100 1 $aStromberg, Peter G.
245 10 $aCaught in play :$bhow entertainment works on you /$cPeter G. Stromberg.
260 $aStanford, Calif. :$bStanford University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axii, 218 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-209) and index.
505 0 $aCaught up in the game -- Romantic realism -- Romanticism and the birth of consumer culture -- Role-playing -- Looking under the hood -- Meta-action (the bird's-eye view) -- Romance and the romantic -- Play and agency in legal drug use -- The oscillation between boredom and stimulation -- Entertainment and our understanding of the self.
650 0 $aAmusements$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aPlay$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aRecreation$xSocial aspects.