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This book examines cosplay from a set of groundbreaking
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 centres 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.
This book examines cosplay from a set of groundbreaking
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 centres 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.
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