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Cosplay : the fictional mode of existence
Published [2022] by University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN ; London
ISBN 9781517912147
Bib Id 1154857
Description 1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
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2021-053088
ISBN
9781517912147 (hardcover) $100.00
1517912148
9781517912154 (paperback) $25.00
1517912156
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792.026 L
Title
Cosplay : the fictional mode of existence
Publication Information
[2022] by University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN ; London :
Description
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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