Costuming Cosplay
Dressing the Imagination
Seiten
2018
Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Verlag)
978-1-350-03591-1 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Verlag)
978-1-350-03591-1 (ISBN)
Cosplay, short for "costume play", has grown from its origins at fan conventions into a billion-dollar global dress phenomenon. Costuming Cosplay takes us from elaborately crafted DIY costumes to online fandoms, examining how the practice of portraying fictional characters from popular culture through dress and performance has become a creative means of expressing and playing with different identities.
With an approach that ranges from admiration and role-play to gender performance, this is the first book to fully examine the subculture and costume of the Cosplay phenomenon. Drawing on extensive first-hand research at conventions across North America and Asia, Therèsa M. Winge invites us to explore how Cosplay functions as a meritocracy of creativity, escapism, and disguise, and offers a creative realm in which fantasy and new forms of socializing carry as much importance as costume.
Illustrated with color photographs of both celebrity and amateur Cosplayers, Costuming Cosplay is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion and costume, popular culture, anthropology, gender, and media studies, as well as global players and fans of Cosplay.
With an approach that ranges from admiration and role-play to gender performance, this is the first book to fully examine the subculture and costume of the Cosplay phenomenon. Drawing on extensive first-hand research at conventions across North America and Asia, Therèsa M. Winge invites us to explore how Cosplay functions as a meritocracy of creativity, escapism, and disguise, and offers a creative realm in which fantasy and new forms of socializing carry as much importance as costume.
Illustrated with color photographs of both celebrity and amateur Cosplayers, Costuming Cosplay is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion and costume, popular culture, anthropology, gender, and media studies, as well as global players and fans of Cosplay.
Therèsa M. Winge is Associate Professor in Apparel and Textile Design at Michigan State University, USA. She is the author of Body Style (Bloomsbury Academic, 2012), an avid fan of Cosplay, and has judged Cosplay competitions and participated in Cosplay costume panels.
Chapter 1: Cosplay
Chapter 2: Cosplay Subculture
Chapter 3: Dressing the Part
Chapter 4: Cosplay is a Way of Life
Chapter 5: Girl Power
Chapter 6: Cosplay Worlds
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 02.11.2018 |
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Reihe/Serie | Dress, Body, Culture |
Zusatzinfo | 16 colour and 14 bw illus |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 422 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-350-03591-2 / 1350035912 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-03591-1 / 9781350035911 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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