Cosplay and Self-Identuty
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The popular culture of Japan draws and consolidates fans from various geographical domains and multiple backgrounds. Its engagingly rich heredity and culture is much diverse and proliferates around comics (manga), games, animation (anime)... more
In the present study we tested the hypothesis that cosplayers experience greater well-being than non-cosplayers within the anime fandom in part because they are more likely to disclose their fan identity to non-fans. Anime fans indicated... more
Chapter 1 (What is Cosplay?) taken from 'Cosplay and the Art of Play Exploring Sub-Culture Through Art' (2019) by Garry Crawford & David Hancock
We tested whether there exist differences in the personality traits of anime fans who cosplay as compared to non-cosplaying anime fans. With regard to the Big Five personality traits, cosplayers scored higher than non-cosplayers on... more
El trabajo de tesis se interesa por comprender la importancia antropológica de la máscara a través de la práctica del Cosplay, actividad que consiste en disfrazarse y actuar como algún personaje de ciencia ficción, vídeo juegos, cómics,... more
Resumen En este escrito se realizó una aproximación al anime (アニメ'animación japonesa') presentando brevemente tres fases relacionadas entre sí: producción, circulación y consumo de este lenguaje y producto cultural contemporáneo. Se... more
El objetivo del siguiente trabajo de investigación fue dilucidar cómo los amantes del cosplay, quienes caracterizan a un personaje de ficción o crean sus propias versiones de los mismos, significan sus propias prácticas y construyen su... more
Abstrak Tulisan ini membahas mengenai bagaimana peran media dalam membentuk identitas cosplayer dan bagaimana identitas cosplayer yang melakukan crossdress. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif, menggunakan paradigma... more
We examined cosplayers' perceptions of their favorite character representing their actual, ideal, and ought self as predictors of identification with the character. In a large-scale survey study, cosplayers rated the degree to which they... more
In the present study we tested the hypothesis that cosplayers experience greater well-being than non-cosplayers within the anime fandom in part because they are more likely to disclose their fan identity to non-fans. Anime fans indicated... more
Cosplay culture reapplies archaic and prototypical tribal behavior as a means of coping with the limitation set by conservative western Jungian Libido
El concepto de identidad se encuentra articulado por pasado presente y futuro, y lo hace desde la visión de sujetos determinados, cuyas necesidades e intereses se encuentran referenciados desde la historia. Brinda características a los... more
Cosplay, the costumed performance of characters sourced from Japanese popular culture, has become an international phenomenon. Today there are Cosplay events held on every permanently inhabited continent, but there has been limited... more
A scenic analysis of cosplay (costumed performances of fictional characters by fans) in Australia and the United States. Utilizing data from two years of fieldwork, this chapter addresses questions of how mundanity and transgression... more