{"product_id":"caught-in-play-peter-g-stromberg-9780804761116","title":"Caught in Play: How Entertainment Works on You","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost of us have become so immersed in a book or game or movie that the activity temporarily assumed a profound significance and the outside world began to fade. Although we are likely to enjoy these experiences in the realm of entertainment, we rarely think about what effect they might be having on us. Precisely because it is so pervasive, entertainment is difficult to understand and even to talk about.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo understand the social role of entertainment, \u003ci\u003eCaught in Play\u003c\/i\u003e looks closely at how we engage entertainment and at the ideas and practices it creates and sustains. Though entertainment is for fun, it does not follow that it is trivial in its effect on our lives. As this work reveals, entertainment generates commitments to values we are not always willing to acknowledge: values of pleasure, self-indulgence, and consumption.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor more information, please visit www.caughtinplay.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter G. Stromberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804761116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804761116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly Annex\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/13\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 82","brand":"Peter G. Stromberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756471480575,"sku":"9780804761116","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5edbe084-1c76-48f2-b897-b7dfbd9c755d.jpg?v=1706593075","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caught-in-play-peter-g-stromberg-9780804761116","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}