This book is a classic in the area of fantasy role-playing studies; making use of Erving Goffman and other social-psychological theories it provides useful perspectives to the use of imagination and the ‘role’ or ‘game character’ also in digital play experiences.
Fine, Gary Alan (1983) Shared Fantasy: Role-Playing Games as Social Worlds. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. Amazon.com preview available here.
This is a new journal, still starting up, but it aims to bring together scholars interested in understanding role-playing in its various forms. See:
http://play.blogs.com/rp/
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An Introduction to Game Studies