Introduction: The Contemporary Masque
Redefining Terms
Fan Culture
History: Costume-Play from Modern to Postmodern
Costume-Play History
Convention History
COS: Costumes
Analysis of Anime Fashions
Fetishistic Elements of the Cosplay
Cosplay Process: Community, Choice and Construction
PLAY: Performance
Cosplay Process: Skits, Scenes and Improvisations
Abjection and the Cosplayer
Performance of Identity; Performance of Character
Theories of Fandom Performance
Photography as Performance
Transversality and Cosplay
Guatteri
Reynolds
Conclusion
Orientalism and Cosplay
Tatsumi and the Japanoid
Fan Agency
Bibliography
Index