Cosplay & boundaries - a study of local cosplayers and how they use boundaries.

Cosplay & boundaries - a study of local cosplayers and how they use boundaries.

This paper deals with how cosplayers in Singapore build and maintain boundaries among themselves and society. It also looks at the symbolic boundaries that they use to maintain differences between themselves. Cosplay allows the expression characters from a variety of movies, anime and novels. The sy...

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Main Author: Nityanand Rai.
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2011
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DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Culture
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45095
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-450952019-12-10T11:53:22Z Cosplay & boundaries - a study of local cosplayers and how they use boundaries. Nityanand Rai. School of Humanities and Social Sciences J. Patrick Williams DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Culture This paper deals with how cosplayers in Singapore build and maintain boundaries among themselves and society. It also looks at the symbolic boundaries that they use to maintain differences between themselves. Cosplay allows the expression characters from a variety of movies, anime and novels. The symbolic boundaries help the cosplayer to maintain those differences yet be united in cosplay. The social boundaries allow for the cosplayer to engage both the public and private spheres of his field of interaction. Bachelor of Arts 2011-06-09T02:20:01Z 2011-06-09T02:20:01Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45095 en Nanyang Technological University 39 p. application/pdf
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Nityanand Rai.
Cosplay & boundaries - a study of local cosplayers and how they use boundaries.
description This paper deals with how cosplayers in Singapore build and maintain boundaries among themselves and society. It also looks at the symbolic boundaries that they use to maintain differences between themselves. Cosplay allows the expression characters from a variety of movies, anime and novels. The symbolic boundaries help the cosplayer to maintain those differences yet be united in cosplay. The social boundaries allow for the cosplayer to engage both the public and private spheres of his field of interaction.
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title Cosplay & boundaries - a study of local cosplayers and how they use boundaries.
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title_full Cosplay & boundaries - a study of local cosplayers and how they use boundaries.
title_fullStr Cosplay & boundaries - a study of local cosplayers and how they use boundaries.
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