Cosplay-playing with costumes…and gender norms?
My objective was to discover why female cosplayers [those who dress up as Japanese anime (cartoon) and manga (comic) characters] cross-dress in cosplay, thus becoming “crossplayers”. I explored the possibility of these crossplayers disliking “feminine” expectations in anime/manga and daily life; and...
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Main Author: | Lee, Joanne Suyen. |
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Other Authors: | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Format: | Final Year Project |
Language: | English |
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2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/22662 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
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