Jessen Kelly

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Anthropology, Art History, Popular Culture, Material Culture Studies, Early Modern History, Print Culture, Early Modern England, Northern Renaissance, Prints (Art History), 16th and 17th century Dutch and Flemish Art, and Art and Art History edit
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Published by MIP, The University Press @ Kalamazoo

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by Erika Gaffney, Allison Levy, Serina Patterson, Nhora Serrano, Jessen Kelly, Emily Winerock, Jessica Otis, Antonella FENECH KROKE, Sergius Kodera, Elke Rogersdotter, Patrick J O'Banion, Bret Rothstein, Alessandro Arcangeli, and Christina Normore

An innovative volume of fifteen interdisciplinary essays at the nexus of material culture, performance studies, and game theory, Playthings in Early Modernity emphasizes the rules of the game(s) as well as the breaking of those rules. Thus, the titular "plaything" is understood as both an object and a person, and play, in the early modern world, is treated not merely as a pastime, a leisurely pursuit, but as a pivotal part of daily life, a strategic psychosocial endeavor.

The collection is the inaugural volume in the book series Ludic Cultures, 1100-1700. More information about the series can be found at https://mip-archumanitiespress.org/series/mip/ludic-cultures/.

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Early Modern History, Renaissance Studies, Seventeenth Century, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern Literature, and 17 moreHistory of Art, 16th Century Netherlandish Art, Early Modern Intellectual History, Renaissance literature, Italian Renaissance literature, 17th Century Netherlandish Art, 15th Century Netherlandish Art, History of Games, Early Modern Cultural History, Fifteenth and Sixteenth century culture, Early Modern Art and Visual Culture, Folklore, Anthropology, Aesthetics, Theories of Play, Games, and Humor, Popular Culture, History of Media and Technology, Narrative Theory, Informal Networks, History of games, playing cards, History of Board Games, Sixteenth Century History, Historical Games, and Art History and Visual Studies

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