Toward An Integrated Theory of Play
This paper proposes a four-part schema for categorizing and analyzing meaningful acts with respect to their properties of consequentiality and stylization. Defined by these parameters, I suggest that we can analytically distinguish four distinct modes of meaning: play, game, work, and ritual. The sa...
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Format: | Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship, University of California
2016
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Online Access: | http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/94r1c6mn |