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Cosplay [electronic resource] : the fictional mode of existence / Frenchy Lunning

Author
Lunning, Frenchy
Published
Minneapolis, MN ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]
Physical Description
xii, 218 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
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Contents
Introduction: The Cosplay Experience -- Cosplay: A Social History of Mass Culture and Identity -- The Lure of the Mask: Identity, Expression, and Embodiment -- Overcoming Abjection: From Ambiguity to Becoming -- In the Theater of the Cosplayer: Improvisations, Innovations, and Masquerade -- Fandom and the Fictional Mode of Existence.
Summary
"Cosplay is a unique and necessary examination of identity, performance, play, and otaku fandom and culture in relation to contemporary theories. Through a culmination of years of personal research on cosplay, author Frenchy Lunning offers an intimate, sensational tour through cosplay's past and present, as well as its global lure"--
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9781517912147 (Library Binding : acid-free paper)
9781517912154 (Paperback : acid-free paper)
9781452967455 (PDF)
9781452967462 (eBook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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