UID:
almahu_9949385465102882
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 81 pages)
ISBN:
9781000422535
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1000422534
,
9781003152798
,
1003152791
,
1000421783
,
9781000421781
Series Statement:
Routledge focus on gender, sexuality, and comics
Content:
"Cosplayers: Gender and Identity is an examination of identity practices in cosplay, as expressed by cosplayers themselves. It challenges the assumed correlation between cosplay and cosplayer identity and considers the lived experiences of cosplayers engaging in the fan practice of sartorial performance. Through a series of chapters covering the blurring lines of gender, sexualized fantasy in real spaces, and nostalgia, the author argues that observational data runs the risk of affirming normative expectations of identity in the absence of cosplayer narratives and produces misreadings that generalize. The work develops and builds an understanding of a complex cultural system of art, engaging with multiple methodologies to make identity, fandom and critical analysis on the parts of participants and observers alike. This is an accessible and innovative study suitable for scholars and students in gender studies, cultural studies, sexuality studies, sociology and media studies"--
Note:
All the con's a stage: A study of (cos)players -- Setting the stage -- Limitations of cosplay research -- The (cos)players: Research methodology -- Man describes not me, nor woman neither: Cosplayers and the fiction of gender -- What's in a name? The drag debate -- On crossplay and identity: Asking for answers -- What do you have to say? Cosplayers on gender and identity -- On bodies and boundaries: Regulating fantasy in real spaces -- Peace-bound: Convention rules -- Regulating the cosplayer body -- A defense of "sexy" cosplays -- Manning: Minority identities and gatekeeping in cosplay -- Cosplaying while Black -- Othered narratives -- Internal memos: Gatekeeping within the cosplay community -- Cosplay and identity -- The cosplay's the thing.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Mishou, A. Luxx. Cosplayers. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021 ISBN 9780367715717
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003152798
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