Bibliograph

Planet cosplay, costume play, identity and global fandom, Paul Mountfort, Anne Peirson-Smith and Adam Geczy

Type

Label

Planet cosplay, costume play, identity and global fandom, Paul Mountfort, Anne Peirson-Smith and Adam Geczy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Planet cosplay

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1114982634

Responsibility statement

Paul Mountfort, Anne Peirson-Smith and Adam Geczy

Sub title

costume play, identity and global fandom

Summary

This book examines cosplay from a set of ground-breaking disciplinary approaches, highlighting the latest and emerging discourses around this popular cultural practice. Planet Cosplay is authored by widely-published scholars in this field, examining the central aspects of cosplay ranging from sources and sites to performance and play, from sex and gender to production and consumption. Topics discussed include the rise of cosplay as a cultural phenomenon and its role in personal, cultural, and global identities. Planet Cosplay provides a unique, multifaceted examination of the practice from theoretical bases including popular cultural studies, performance studies, gender studies, and transmedia studies. As the title suggests, the book's purview is global, encompassing some of the main centers of cosplay throughout the United States Asia Europe and Australasia. Each of the chapters offers not only a set of entry points into its subject matter, but also a narrative of the development of cosplay and scholarly approaches to it

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Part I: Critical practice. Cosplay as citation ; Cosphotography and fan capital ; Cosplay at Armageddon -- Part II: Ethnographies. Cos/play ; Cosplay sites ; Cos/creation -- Part III: Provocations. Proto-Cosplay ; Cosgender/Cosqueer ; Cosporn -- Conclusion: Cosplay futures

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