TY - BOOK ID - 30907573 TI - Why we play : an anthropological study AU - Hamayon, Roberte AU - Simon, Damien AU - Puett, Michael J. PY - 2016 SN - 9780986132568 098613256X 1912808234 PB - Chicago : HAU Books, DB - UniCat KW - Games KW - Play KW - #SBIB:39A5 KW - #SBIB:316.7C500 KW - Social aspects. KW - Kunst, habitat, materiƫle cultuur en ontspanning KW - Sport en spel: algemeen KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30907573 AB - Whether it's childhood make-believe, the theater, sports, or even market speculation, play is one of humanity's seemingly purest activities: a form of entertainment and leisure and a chance to explore the world and its possibilities in an imagined environment or construct. But as Roberte Hamayon shows in this book, play has implications that go even further than that. Exploring play's many dimensions, she offers an insightful look at why play has become so ubiquitous across human cultures. Hamayon explores facets of play such as learning, interaction, emotion, strategy, luck, and belief, and she emphasizes the crucial ambiguity between fiction and reality that is at the heart of play as a phenomenon. Revealing how consistent and coherent play is, she ultimately shows it as a unique modality of action that serves an invaluable role in the human experience. ER -