Cosplay and the art of play : exploring sub-culture through art / / by Garry Crawford, David Hancock

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910337730603321
• Autore: Crawford Garry
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019; ©2019
• ISBN: 3-030-15966-3
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2019.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 pages)
• Collana: Leisure Studies in a Global Era
• Disciplina: 746.92; 793.93
• Soggetti: Sports - Sociological aspects; Culture - Study and teaching; Culture; Sociology, Urban; Youth - Social life and customs; Art; Cosplay; Sociology of Sport and Leisure; Cultural Studies; Sociology of Culture; Urban Studies/Sociology; Youth Culture; Fine Arts
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction: What Is Cosplay? -- 2. Contextualising the Artwork -- 3. Cosplay and Art as Research Method -- 4. Cosplay as Subculture -- 5. Identity and Performance -- 6. Crafting Cosplay -- 7. Playful Cultures and the Appropriation of Urban Space -- 8. Conclusion: Decentring Cosplay.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is an introduction to cosplay as a subculture and community, built around playful spaces and the everyday practices of crafting ; costumes, identities, and performances. Drawing on new and original ethnographic data, as well as the innovative use of arts-led research, this book adds to our understanding of a popular, global cultural practice. In turn, this pushes forward our understanding of play, fan practices, subcultures, practice-led research, and uses of urban spaces. Cosplay and the Art of Play offers a significant addition to key contemporary debates on the meaning and uses of popular culture in the 21st century, and will be of importance to students and scholars interested in communities, fandom, identity, leisure, participatory cultures, performance, and play.