Is gender just a costume? An exploratory study of crossplay

Cosplay, a portmanteau of costume and play, is a costume inspired by a fictional character originating from a variety of media texts and is typically worn to pop culture conventions. When cosplayers dress up as a fictional character of a different gender than the cosplayer's self-identified gen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jessica Ethel Tompkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2019-09-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
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Online Access:https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/1459/2173