Play Theory, Playing, and Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12912976 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia A Masters (George Mason University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 856-869 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2008.00118.x |
| OpenAlex | W2043807899 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article focuses on theoretical approaches to play and their application to play communities. It explores the work of pioneers in the study of this important interactional form: Johan Huizinga and Roger Caillois. In addition, the seminal work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the play experience and its seductive qualities for individuals is discussed. Briefly introduced is the recent work of Brian Sutton‐Smith who proposed that each discipline develops a specific rhetoric in studying play and identifies the rhetorics typically employed by scholars in the social sciences and the humanities. This article provides examples of approaches to analyzing the functional outcomes of cultural performances, including parades, and proposes broadening the scope of research to include not only the outcomes of play but also the experience of playing, thus illuminating our understanding of the strong bonds that are formed through communal play
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Rhetoric · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Work (physics · Computer Science · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics
Game-Mediated Intercultural Communication
The Strategic Imagination
Evolution of Fashion as Play in the Digital Space
Playing the funding game
An Outline of a Theory of Play
Imagining an Affective Sociology
The integration of playful approaches and story circles to build intercultural competence for children
Reinterpreting the Play
Spring Celebration, Hıdrellez
Playful Work as a Pathway to Meaningfulness
Pedagogy beyond the culture wars
Making the collectivist organization
Community in Syntony
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,87 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |