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|image=FRPGPerformingArtCover.jpg
|name=The Fantasy Role-Playing Game: A New Performing Art
|year= 2001
|author=Daniel Mackay
|isbn= 978-0-7864-0815-3
|language=English
|publisher=McFarland
|pages=215
|homepage_url=http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-0815-3
|homepage_link_text=The Fantasy Role-Playing Game: A New Performing Art
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==Summary==
'''The Fantasy Role-playing Game: A New Performing Art''' is one of the foundational works in role-playing game studies. Using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erving_Goffman Erving Goffman]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(social_sciences) frame analysis] to explain the relationship between game play and real life, Mackay argues in favor of viewing fantasy role-playing as an emerging art form. While Mackay's focus tends toward the general, he does mention LARP in places throughout the book.

==Additional links==
* [http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-0815-3 The Fantasy Role-Playing Game: A New Performing Art] at McFarland Books

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