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Author Laycock, Joseph, 1980-

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

Publication Info. Oakland, Calif. : University of California Press, [2015]
©2015
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Description 1 online resource (364 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface. "You Worship Gods from Books!"; Introduction. Fantasy and Reality; PART I. THE HISTORY OF THE PANIC; 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; PART II. INTERPRETING THE PANIC; 6. How Role-Playing Games Create Meaning; 7. How the Imagination Became Dangerous; 8. Rival Fantasies; Conclusion. Walking between Worlds.
Summary "The 1980s saw the peak of a moral panic over fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons. A coalition of moral entrepreneurs that included the Christian Right, psychologists, and law enforcement claimed 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"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Fantasy games -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Fantasy games -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Fantasy games.
Genre/Form Fantasy games.
Subject Role playing -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Role playing.
Dungeons and Dragons (Game) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Roleplay.
Other Form: Print version: Laycock, Joseph, 1980- Dangerous games 9780520284913 (DLC) 2014030653 (OCoLC)889729004
ISBN 9780520960565 (electronic book)
0520960564 (electronic book)
9780520284913
9780520284920

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