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Staged Creativity and Co-creation of Meanings: The Commodification of Spaces for Cosplay in Japanese Cosplay Culture

Cultural Sociology

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Abstract

Cultural Sociology, Volume 20, Issue 1, Page 196-216, March 2026.
Cosplay is a fan culture that involves dressing up as and performing fictional characters from popular media texts. Since the late 2000s, commercial enterprises in Japan have been creating and exploring new places for cosplay, such as rental studios and ...