[E-BOOK] Counterplay: An Anthropologist at the Chessboard
❀ Robert R. Desjarlais ❀
| #2086125 in Books | 2011-03-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.00 x6.00l,1.08 | File Name: 0520267397 | 266 pages
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Why are people so attracted (sometimes obsessed) to chess and how does it fit into our culture.|By Skinnyhorse|Some one once wrote, paraphrasing "I am done with chess, but chess is not done with me". Mr. Desjarlais writes deeply about the potential of chess to be addicting to its devotees, in some cases, to take over their lives completely, leading to chessplayers leaving beh|From Publishers Weekly|Desjarlais probes the many uses and forms of chess, with extensive research in the U.S. and abroad. Drawing on interviews with dozens of players, authors, and teachers, as well as on online journals, and blogs, Desjarlais finds "a sense o
Chess gets a hold of some people, like a virus or a drug,” writes Robert Desjarlais in this absorbing book. Drawing on his lifelong fascination with the game, Desjarlais guides readers into the world of twenty-first-century chess to help us understand its unique pleasures and challenges, and to advance a new anthropology of passion.” Immersing us directly in chess’s intricate culture, he interweaves small dramas, closely observed details, illu... [PDF.rp48] Counterplay: An Anthropologist at the Chessboard Rating: 3.82 (424 Votes)
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