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Cosplayers : gender and identity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mishou, A. Luxx (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Series:	Routledge focus on gender, sexuality, and comics.
Subjects:	Cosplay. Fans (Persons) Role playing > Social aspects. Identity (Philosophical concept) > Social aspects. Gender-blindness. Fantasy games > Psychological aspects. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

All the con's a stage: A study of (cos)players
Setting the stage
Limitations of cosplay research
The (cos)players: Research methodology
Man describes not me, nor woman neither: Cosplayers and the fiction of gender
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
On bodies and boundaries: Regulating fantasy in real spaces
Peace-bound: Convention rules
Regulating the cosplayer body
A defense of "sexy" cosplays
Manning: Minority identities and gatekeeping in cosplay
Cosplaying while Black
Othered narratives
Internal memos: Gatekeeping within the cosplay community
Cosplay and identity
The cosplay's the thing.