Open AccessJedi like my father before me": Social identity and the New York Comic Con
Author(s) -
Jen Gunnels
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2009.0161
Subject(s) - comics , the renaissance , formative assessment , socialization , identity (music) , sociology , action (physics) , media studies , visual arts , psychology , social media , art , aesthetics , social psychology , pedagogy , literature , art history , political science , law , physics , quantum mechanics
Few venues exist for adults to play dress-up, with Renaissance festivals, comic and other media conventions, and live-action role-playing games comprising the bulk of these venues. This sort of behavior is expected of people in their formative years—children and teenagers—where they try on and receive feedback about their selves. What might be the reasoning behind the behavior of adults doing so, especially after primary socialization has occurred