Week 9 Questions – Cosplay

Please choose ONE of the following questions and respond to it (using references) in a post tagged under this page.

1. According to Mountfort et al. (2018), what are the three main genres of cosphotography, and how did they historically develop?

2. In what ways can cosphotography be understood as a form of “fan capital”?

3. What are some of the problematics around cosphotography in terms various (potentially unwelcome) gazes?

4. What are some of the types of media texts that are performed according to Mountfort et al.s (2019) taxonomy?

5. What are some of the tensions between productions like Sy-Fy Channel’s Heroes of Cosplay and fan-led Cosplay Music Videos (CMVs)?