Reviews and Interviews

Reviews

“Highly readable…Reading this smart commentary on the grand spectrum of entertainment is an addictive experience, a sharp example of the very phenomenon it illustrates.”

–Publisher’s Weekly (Read the entire review)

“The surfaces of play mask some surprising hidden dynamics of modern life. Stromberg delivers a high-flying set of reflections on what lies behind our capacity to get caught up completely in the world of entertainment. Exploring our ever-intensifying “stimulus hunger,” his excursion into the history of modern desire provides a new way to think about the forces shaping contemporary entertainment. It’s a thriller!”

–Bradd Shore, Emory University

“With its lively, ambitious examination of how entertainment has replaced ritual as a means of creating and affirming social ideals and motivations, /Caught in Play/ extends the insights of major social theorists such as Durkheim, Weber, and Goffman. It is a stimulating read that will evoke productive debate over the effects of contemporary forms of imaginative involvement.”

–Daniel T. Linger, University of California, Santa Cruz

Interviews and Podcasts

Listen to Interview with Peter on the program “These Days” on NPR station KPBS

Listen to Interview with Peter on the program “Studio Tulsa” on NPR station KWGS

Read Interview with Peter at Zocalo Public Square (Los Angeles)

Listen to interview with Peter at “Psychjourney”

Here are two articles on parties based (in part) on Caught in Play:

http://issuu.com/brian/docs/hh10_lr/22

http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Science+Part+party+animals/2332726/story.html