Title Statements
- Full title :Costuming Cosplay : dressing the imagination / Therèsa M. Winge.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2018.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2018.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (231 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781350035928, 1350035920, 9781350035898, 1350035890
- oclc:on1059419425
- LC Classification:GV1201.8
- Dewey Decimal:793.93
Table of Contents
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Figures; Plates; Acknowledgments; Disclaimer; Chapter 1: Let's Cosplay!; Origins of Cosplay; History of Cosplay; Global Cosplay; Japan and Cosplay; Fan conventions; Why Cosplay?; Fantastic characters; Character costumes; Roleplay; Cosplay subculture; Cosplay and popular culture; Cosplay celebrities; Introductions to the Cosplay fan subculture; Cosplay research; Fandom ethnography; Researcher bias; Methodology; Cosplay themes; Book overview; Chapter 2: Cosplay fandom subculture; Cosplay fandom subculture; Cosplayers.
Cosplay celebrities and professionalsCosplay fandom hierarchy; Cosplay fandom conventions; Cosplay fandom experiences; Fan prosumption; Fandom researchers; Summary; Chapter 3: It's not just a costume: Cosplay is a way of life; Cosplay constructs (themes); Costume makes the superhero: Cosplay costume; Mirror, mirror on the wall: Constructed representations; A picture is worth 140 characters: Photographs and videos; You gotta have friends: Social networks and communities; I am just roleplaying my character: Performativity and roleplaying; Cosplay is the mother of invention: Creativity.
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