Cosplayers : gender and identity /: gender and identity. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: A. Luxx Mishou.
• Authors: Mishou, A. Luxx
• Contents: 1 All the Con’s a Stage: A Study of (Cos)Players Introduction Setting the Stage Limitations of Cosplay Research The (Cos)Players: Research Methodology Conclusion 2 Man Describes Not Me, Nor Woman Neither: Cosplayers and the Fiction of Gender Introduction 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 Conclusion 3 On Bodies and Boundaries: Regulating Fantasy in Real Spaces Introduction Peace-bound: Convention Rules Regulating the Cosplayer Body A Defense of "Sexy" Cosplays Conclusion 4 Manning: Minority Identities and Gatekeeping in Cosplay Introduction Cosplaying While Black Othered Narratives Internal Memos: Gatekeeping Within the Cosplay Community Conclusion: Cosplay and Identity 5 The Cosplay’s the Thing Acknowledgements Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.487; Cosplay -- Social aspects; Gender identity; Sex role
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000422535; 9781000421781; 9781003152798
• Related ISBNs: 9780367715717
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