Crawford, G 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7499-3864 and Hancock, DR ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3925-1814
2018,
'Urban poachers : cosplay, playful cultures, and the appropriation of urban space'
, Journal of Fandom Studies, 6 (3)
, pp. 301-318.
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Abstract
This article considers cosplayers’ use and transformation of urban space. Cosplay provides an important subcultural embodiment of contemporary popular culture, through which we can learn a great deal about contemporary forms of fandom, participatory culture and (mostly notably here) urban appropriation. This article draws on data gathered from a four-year ethnographic study, but here specifically looks at a small cosplay community that regularly meets in a park in Manchester. The article argues that a useful way of understanding cosplay is to consider the relationship between play and culture. In particular, the article sets out a consideration of how cosplayers transform social spaces through the use of process of synecdoche and asyndeton, which link together and edit out parts of the built environment – or what we term ‘urban poaching’.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Schools: | Schools > School of Arts & Media > Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Fandom Studies |
| Publisher: | Intellect Ltd |
| ISSN: | 2046-6692 |
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| Depositing User: | G Crawford |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2018 10:59 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2022 22:48 |
| URI: | https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/44899 |
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