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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Cosplayers"”.
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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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Cosplay & the geek: the tension between creativity, inclusion, & gatekeeping in cosplay. What types of gatekeeping do cosplayers experience?
… 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 inclusive and accepting the cosplay community is, it does encounter …
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Playing outside the box: cosplay, fandom creativity, and transformative media engagement
… cosplay through the accounts of self-identifying cosplayers. The focus of the research was placed on the motivations and rewards of cosplay practitioners, the process by which cosplay is conducted, as well as its experiential and ludic dimensions. The nuanced results of these three branches of …
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A Cosplayed Life: Subcultural Influences on Racial and Heteronormative Structures in Everyday Life
… of cosplayer's social exchanges with other cosplayers where they display knowledge of their character or anime in general, I demonstrate how the appropriation of cultural symbols-anime or manga episodes and characters- and their subsequent transformation into cosplays can develop resistances …