W8: Question

1. Referring to Mountfort et al. (2018), in what ways is cosplay analogous to citation?

If I’m understanding this correctly, Mountford has chosen the word citation because when cosplaying one has to be costuming as a certain character thus citing a certain form of media.

References:

Mountfort, P., Peirson-Smith, A., & Geczy, A. (2018). Planet Cosplay: Costume Play, Identity and Global Fandom. Intellect Books.