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000755055 1001_ $$aMcKee, Alan$$q(Aspro Alan),$$eauthor.
000755055 24510 $$aFun!$$h[electronic resource] :$$bwhat entertainment tells us about living a good life /$$cAlan McKee.
000755055 264_1 $$aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :$$bPalgrave Macmillan,$$c2016.
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000755055 4901_ $$aPalgrave entertainment industries
000755055 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000755055 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- Entertainment and fun -- What is fun? -- In defence of fun -- Bad fun -- A world of fun -- Conclusion.
000755055 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000755055 520__ $$aFun is everywhere. Fun is a vital element of entertainment, and entertainment is the most important form of culture in modern Western democracies. But what exactly is fun, and what purposes does it serve? Combining media effects with aesthetic approaches this book offers the first substantial, systematic and coherent account of fun and its importance. It demonstrates that fun is at the heart of entertainment's effects - entertainment both offers its consumers fun and provides them with the intellectual materials to think about the nature of fun. More than this, the book argues that entertainment shows us that fun - pleasure without purpose - is at the heart of living a good life. Illustrated with detailed examples from entertainment - from the Urban Dictionary to The Simpsons, to the Culture novels of Iain M Banks - this book is intelligent, original, and even (dare we say it) fun. " style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Enjoy!
000755055 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 29, 2016)
000755055 650_0 $$aPopular culture.
000755055 650_0 $$aAmusements.
000755055 650_0 $$aMass media$$xInfluence.
000755055 830_0 $$aPalgrave entertainment industries.
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