Thesiss

Author: Jeffrey Peter KesselmanTitle: Virtual Dungeons: Performance and Performative Play in Role-playing GamesInstitution: Florida Atlantic UniversityThesis Advisor: Christopher MaraffiDegree: Master of Fine ArtsYear: 2021

Civil War reenactors claim to be educational through the nature of their bringing the past to life. Their claims place them among heritage and cultural interpreters in how they connect the past with the audience before them. However, the practice of Civil War reenacting has come…