Fun, Taste, & Games: An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful

by John Sharp and David Thomas

Reclaiming fun as a meaningful concept for understanding games and play.

"Fun" is somewhat ambiguous. If something is fun, is it pleasant? Entertaining? Silly? A way to trick students into learning? Fun also has baggage--it seems inconsequential, embarrassing, child's play. In Fun, Taste, & Games, John Sharp and David Thomas reclaim fun as a productive and meaningful tool for understanding and appreciating play and games. They position...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262039354
• ISBN13: 9780262039352
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 7.9"