Cosplayers expect “malleable identities,” from CCosgames's blog

Cosplayers expect “malleable identities,” writes Winge—ones “created in these environments wherein humans are ‘no longer themselves’ however instead are fictional anime and manga characters.” In flip, the ones new identities are translated returned into the “real,” non-cosplay international…suggesting that possibly the arena is just a costume that may be assumed or brought to will.

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