TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laycock,Joseph
TI  - Dangerous games: what the moral panic over role-playing games says about play, religion, and imagined worlds 
SN  - 9780520960565
AV  - GV1469 .D364 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - oakland, Calif.
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Fantasy games
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Role playing
KW  - Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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 and 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; 2; b
N2  - "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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