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- Uses art as a form of research method in studying a contemporary urban subculture
- Analyses the ways in which Cosplayers appropriate urban spaces
- Develops our understanding of this community, and moves forward our understanding of play, contemporary urban sub-cultures and media fandom
Part of the book series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era (LSGE)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Salford, Salford, UK
Garry Crawford, David Hancock
About the authors
Garry Crawford is Professor of Cultural Sociology at the University of Salford, UK.
David Hancock is Co-founder and Director of PAPER gallery, Lecturer of Visual Arts at the University of Salford, UK, and an internationally recognised artist.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cosplay and the Art of Play
Book Subtitle: Exploring Sub-Culture Through Art
Authors: Garry Crawford, David Hancock
Series Title: Leisure Studies in a Global Era
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15966-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15965-8Published: 17 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15968-9Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15966-5Published: 04 June 2019
Series ISSN: 2946-3173
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3181
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 258
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Urban Studies/Sociology, Youth Culture, Fine Arts