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Cultural identity tweetstorm and cosplay photos from Japan
- Author(s):
- Steve McCarty (see profile)
- Date:
- 2017
- Group(s):
- Digital Humanities East Asia
- Subject(s):
- Group identity, Bilingualism, Japan, Japanese--Social life and customs, Photography
- Item Type:
- Blog Post
- Tag(s):
- kyoto, tourism, Olympics, kimono, cosplay, Cultural identity, Japanese culture
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/28ex-z517
- Abstract:
- A Twitter Moment on August 12, 2017 distilled the author's views on “Bilingualism and Cultural Identity.” Then the tweetstorm was shared on Facebook with the author's photos added, following up on the aspect of tourism and the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, focusing especially on cosplay (costume play).
- Notes:
- Enjoyed by Japanese people as well as tourists, cosplay in kimono and other traditional costumes is an aspect of the real Japan today. A pastime of local people including the author and his Japanese wife is to distinguish the real geisha performers (maiko apprentices and geiko) from cosplayers in Kyoto. As shown in the last photo, the author was introduced to some real geiko and maiko as young as 16.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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