Open AccessPerformances of innocence and deviance in Disney cosplaying
Author(s) -
Maria Patrice Amon
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2014.0565
Subject(s) - innocence , performative utterance , deviance (statistics) , trope (literature) , narrative , art , normative , character (mathematics) , aesthetics , literature , psychology , philosophy , computer science , psychoanalysis , epistemology , mathematics , geometry , machine learning
Disney cosplayers are uniquely positioned in relationship to the characters they perform because of Disney's reliance on innocence as a narrative trope and character element. Their cosplaying transmutes normative innocence via performative fan practice
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