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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Cosplay"”.
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Coz Cosplay magazine Mimese identidade e laços pessoais na pratica do cosplay
… final resulta na revista digital intitulada CosZ Cosplay Magazine (www.issuu.com/cosz). Este projeto experimental, planejado para ser hospedado em uma plataforma online, tem como tema central a difusão da prática do cosplay e foi elaborado em uma única edição piloto, cujas matérias buscam …
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Cosplay & the geek: the tension between creativity, inclusion, & gatekeeping in cosplay. What types of gatekeeping do cosplayers experience?
… on gatekeeping practices witnessed within the cosplay community, both online and in convention settings. Nine cosplayers from the Scottish cosplay scene took part in online semi-structured interviews which were thematically analysed using NVivo software. The findings suggest that, however …
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Playing outside the box: cosplay, fandom creativity, and transformative media engagement
Cosplay, a portmanteau of costume and play, represents an increasingly visible expression of contemporary media fandom. Its multifaceted practice revolves around recreating the appearance of fictional characters in costume. This interdisciplinary project offers a thorough examination of the subject …
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Teaching cosplay: A theoretical curriculum using critical pedagogy and visual culture art education
During my time as an MFA student, my cosplay-based art was often met with misunderstanding or criticism. I found that many of my peers and professors did not understand cosplay to be a form of artistic practice nor did they see it as a meaningful form of identity expression. While cosplay can be …
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A Cosplayed Life: Subcultural Influences on Racial and Heteronormative Structures in Everyday Life
… study is centered around the subculture of cosplay. Cosplay - the amalgamation of the words costume and play coined by Nobuyuki Takahashi in 1984 - is a growing phenomenon in the United States and around the world. Specifically, it is an activity where fans of Japanese animation create a …
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Examining the lived experiences of American cosplayers with disabilities: Apparel needs and motivations
… lack of options for alternative aesthetics [4]. Cosplayers dress as fictional characters from pop culture and make custom garments using techniques like sewing, 3D printing, foam, and more [3]. Prior cosplay research explores marginalized identities such as sex, gender, and ethnicity but there is …
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Fantastic religion : fandom as religious practice
… of fan-fiction, attending comic conventions, and cosplay practice.
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Proyecto fotográfico, “Ecos del Pasado”, una transmediación del juego a la realidad icónica
… character direction and the intervention of cosplay as an activity or fashion close and accepted by the target audience of video games, anime, film and role-playing games. This project will be disseminated through digital platforms such as Instagram and Behance.
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Firing the Canon: Queer Representation in the Magical Girl Genre
… reparative work through fanart, fanfiction, and cosplay. With the creation of magical girl content whether it be from fans or creators, I argue that the genre can be reflective of the queer experience.</p>
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Fandom and beyond: online community, culture and Kevin Smith fandom
… their associated activities: fan art or fantext, cosplay, conjecture, activism – the things that fans supposedly do by definition –are those to which scholarly attention has most been paid. Yet the assumption that fandom can be defined by such explicit practices can be dangerous because of the …
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Playing with Power: An Autoethnographic Study of "The Last of Us" as a Black Gamer
… and enactments as are fandom practices such as cosplay, fannish tattooing, fannish curation, collecting, writing fannish opinion editorials, and may include academic forms of writing about media objects such as journal articles, dissertations, or manuscripts.</p> <p>▪ Romantic Anti-capitalism: …