| Autor: |
Yamato, Eriko |
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Transformative Works & Cultures; 2020, Vol. 34, p1-1, 1p, 5 Color Photographs, 1 Chart |
| Abstrakt: |
To examine cosplay (costume play) as performed by non-Japanese cosplayers, video interviews were conducted at five Japanese popular culture conventions in Malaysia. Analysis of descriptions made by 158 cosplayers reveals cosplay to function as a medium for the process of self-identification. Cosplay enables Malaysians to explore individual rather than collective identities and to experience fluidity and dilemma in self-identification as they translate fictional characters into their physical world. Although ethnicity seems not to prevail in their cosplay, it appears not to have totally vanished. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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