Beyond play: A new approach to games

Games and Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-113

  Malaby, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency; Games; Play; Practice theory; Process

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149166391     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412007299434     Document Type: Article

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