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Playing with History
Author | : John Butt |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2002-05-30 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0521013585 |
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This challenging 2002 study examines and ultimately defends the case for historically informed musical performance.
Playing with the Past
Author | : Matthew Wilhelm Kapell,Andrew B.R. Elliott |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 493 |
Release | : 2013-10-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781623568245 |
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Game Studies is a rapidly growing area of contemporary scholarship, yet volumes in the area have tended to focus on more general issues. With Playing with the Past, game studies is taken to the next level by offering a specific and detailed analysis of one area of digital game play -- the representation of history. The collection focuses on the ways in which gamers engage with, play with, recreate, subvert, reverse and direct the historical past, and what effect this has on the ways in which we go about constructing the present or imagining a future. What can World War Two strategy games teach us about the reality of this complex and multifaceted period? Do the possibilities of playing with the past change the way we understand history? If we embody a colonialist's perspective to conquer 'primitive' tribes in Colonization, does this privilege a distinct way of viewing history as benevolent intervention over imperialist expansion? The fusion of these two fields allows the editors to pose new questions about the ways in which gamers interact with their game worlds. Drawing these threads together, the collection concludes by asking whether digital games - which represent history or historical change - alter the way we, today, understand history itself.
Playing with History
Author | : Molly Rosner |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2021-05-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1978822073 |
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Examining cultural products geared towards teaching children American cultural identity, Playing With History highlights the changes and constancies in depictions of American identity since the advent of modern consumer society. The book examines political and ideological messages sold to children throughout the twentieth century through toys, dolls, books, and amusement parks.
Playing Politics with History
Author | : Andrew Beattie |
Publsiher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1845455339 |
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The ensuing debates and disagreements over the recent past, examined by the author, open up a window into the wider development of German memory, identity, and politics after the end of the Cold War."--BOOK JACKET.
Playing at the World
Author | : Jon Peterson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 698 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Computer games |
ISBN | : 0615642047 |
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Explore the conceptual origins of wargames and role-playing games in this unprecedented history of simulating the real and the impossible. From a vast survey of primary sources ranging from eighteenth-century strategists to modern hobbyists, Playing at the World distills the story of how gamers first decided fictional battles with boards and dice, and how they moved from simulating wars to simulating people. The invention of role-playing games serves as a touchstone for exploring the ways that the literary concept of character, the lure of fantastic adventure and the principles of gaming combined into the signature cultural innovation of the late twentieth century.
History Play
Author | : Rodney Bolt |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2008-12-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781596917200 |
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Rodney Bolt's delightful life of Marlowe plays out a surprising solution to an enduring literary mystery, bringing the spirit of Shakespeare alive as we've never seen it before. Rodney Bolt's book is not an attempt to prove that, rather than dying at 29 in a tavern brawl, Christopher Marlowe staged his own death, fled to Europe, and went on to write the work attributed to Shakespeare. Instead, it takes that as the starting point for a playful and brilliantly written "fake biography" of Marlowe, which turns out to be a life of the Bard as well. Using real historical sources (as well as the occasional red herring) plus a generous dose of speculation, Bolt paints a rich and rollicking picture of Elizabethan life. As we accompany Marlowe into the halls of academia, the society of the popular English players traveling Europe, and the dangerous underworld of Elizabethan espionage, a fascinating and almost plausible life story emerges, along with a startlingly fresh look at the plays and poetry we know as Shakespeare's. Tapping into centuries of speculation about the man behind the work, about whom so few facts are known for sure, Rodney Bolt slyly winds the lives of two beloved playwrights into one.
Publishing the History Play in the Time of Shakespeare
Author | : Amy Lidster |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2022-03-17 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781316517253 |
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Showing how overlooked publication agents constructed and read early modern history plays, this book fundamentally re-evaluates the genre.
A History of Children s Play and Play Environments
Author | : Joe L. Frost |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2010-04-02 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781135251666 |
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Children’s play throughout history has been free, spontaneous, and intertwined with work, set in the playgrounds of the fields, streams, and barnyards. Children in cities enjoyed similar forms of play but their playgrounds were the vacant lands and parks. Today, children have become increasingly inactive, abandoning traditional outdoor play for sedentary, indoor cyber play and poor diets. The consequences of play deprivation, the elimination and diminution of recess, and the abandonment of outdoor play are fundamental issues in a growing crisis that threatens the health, development, and welfare of children. This valuable book traces the history of children’s play and play environments from their roots in ancient Greece and Rome to the present time in the high stakes testing environment. Through this exploration, scholar Dr. Joe Frost shows how this history informs where we are today and why we need to re-establish play as a priority. Ultimately, the author proposes active solutions to play deprivation. This book is a must-read for scholars, researchers, and students in the fields of early childhood education and child development.