Fun!: What Entertainment Tells Us About Living A Good Life (palgrave Entertainment Industries)
by Alan Mckee /
2016 / English / PDF
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Combining media effects with aesthetic approaches this book
offers the first substantial, systematic and coherent account of
fun and its importance. But what exactly is fun and what purposes
does it serve? Fun is a vital element of entertainment, and
entertainment is the most important form of culture in modern
Western democracies. 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.
Combining media effects with aesthetic approaches this book
offers the first substantial, systematic and coherent account of
fun and its importance. But what exactly is fun and what purposes
does it serve? Fun is a vital element of entertainment, and
entertainment is the most important form of culture in modern
Western democracies. 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.
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.
