Cosplayers: Gender and Identity
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Description
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 run the risk of affirming normative expectations of identity in the absence of cosplayer narratives, and produce 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. [Amazon.com]
ISBN
9780367715717
Publication Date
5-2021
Publisher
Routledge
City
Abingdon, UK
Disciplines
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Gender and Sexuality
Recommended Citation
Mishou, A. Luxx, "Cosplayers: Gender and Identity" (2021). English Faculty Bookshelf. 63.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_books/63