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Costuming Cosplay: Dressing the Imagination (Dress, Body, Culture)

Full title: Costuming Cosplay: Dressing the Imagination (Dress, Body, Culture)
ISBN: 9781350035911
ISBN 10: 1350035912
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Num. pages: 216
Binding: Paperback
Language: en
Published on: 2018

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Synopsis

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. Therèsa M. Winge. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.