Playthings in early modernity : party games, word games, mind games / edited by Allison Levy.
Contains fifteen interdisciplinary essays at the nexus of material culture, performance studies, and game theory. Emphasized in these essays are the rules of the game(s) as well as the breaking of those rules. The titular "plaything" is understood as both an object and a person, and play, in the ear...
| Uniform Title: | Ludic cultures, 1100-1700.
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| Language: | English |
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Kalamazoo :
Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University,
[2017]
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| Series: | Ludic cultures, 1100-1700.
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Format: | Book |