Playful identities, or the ludification of culture

Games and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-57

  Raessens, Joost ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Identity; Ludology; Narratology; Play

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548379417     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412005281779     Document Type: Article

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