Chad Randl, D. Medina Lasansky

Playing Place

Board Games, Popular Culture, Space
Herausgeber: Randl, Chad; Lasansky, D Medina

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A smart coffee table book that explores multiple facets of board games, including their design and culture, and conceptions of space and place"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 952g
• ISBN-13: 9780262047838
• ISBN-10: 0262047837
• Artikelnr.: 67793650

Autorenporträt

edited by Chad Randl and D. Medina Lasansky

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction xi
Chad Randl and D. Medina Lasansky
1 Aspirational Ideals 1
2 Contesting Designed and Planned Space 21
3 Landscapes (Real and Imagined) 39
4 Icons 67
5 Consuming Place 87
6 Conquest and Control 105
7 Identity, Community, Disparity 131
8 Beyond the Game Table 159
Conclusion 177
Acknowledgments 185
Figure Credits 187
Notes 191
Selected Bibliography 207
Contributor Biographies 217
Index 223