# Playframes

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- Book: [Playframes](https://www.bookquiver.com/celia-pearce/playframes) ([Playframes.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/celia-pearce/playframes.md))
- Authors: [Celia Pearce](https://www.bookquiver.com/celia-pearce), [Janet H. Murray](https://www.bookquiver.com/janet-h-murray)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6255-081-9
- Pages: 338
- Published: 2024-12-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An exploration of how we know we’re playing and what happens when we don’t. Playframes builds on the work of Gregory Bateson and Erving Goffman to take a deep dive into Bateson’s primary...