Submission Date
8-18-2023
Document Type
Paper
Department
English
Faculty Mentor
Meredith Goldsmith
Project Description
This project analyzes how escapism through the use of role-playing games can be used as a coping mechanism for those struggling with a variety of topics, including gender dysphoria and mental health issues. The project takes an ethnographic approach to data gathering, consisting of interviews with a small group of Dungeons and Dragons / video game players, and personal anecdotes regarding the author’s experience with escapism.
Recommended Citation
Cipolla, Aidan, "Fantasy Escapism: Using Role-Playing Games to Explore Mental Health and Gender Identity" (2023). English Summer Fellows. 27.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/english_sum/27
PowerPoint poster
Open Access
Available to all.
Included in
English Language and Literature Commons, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons
Comments
Presented during the 25th Annual Summer Fellows Symposium, July 21, 2023 at Ursinus College.
A PowerPoint poster is included as a supplemental file.