Abstract
This paper analyzes gender performativity in the form of cross-dressing cuteness through cosplaying by a popular male-cosplaying-female fan group “Ailisi Weiniang Tuan (Alice Cos Group)” based in China. Drawing from cute studies, gender/queer studies, and fan studies, this paper examines the phenomenon of fake girls as a venue of redefining the boundaries of identity and gender using cosplaying and the notion of cuteness to achieve queerness to address the issue of gender performativity through queered cuteness in today’s China.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Boys' Love, Cosplay, and Androgynous Idols |
| Subtitle of host publication | Queer Fan Cultures in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan |
| Editors | Maud Lavin, Ling Yang, Jing Jamie Zhao |
| Publisher | Hong Kong University Press |
| Pages | 20-44 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789888390809 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2017 |