>>5999748 againrereading the conclusions has made me reconsider a few things...
for example lines like;
"By participating as a cosplayer while on-site" and
"This is the most comprehensive study that has ever been undertaken of the creative practices of cosplayers in North America."
(she says this again a few paragraphs down) ". This thesis is the first comprehensive study on cosplayers in North America"
have really made it obvious that she is trying to sound really smrt.
also for all her talk about dismissing stereotypes and stigmas I found it very difficult to find examples of stereotypes that could be applied exclusively to cosplayers in general, aside from them being predominantly male and or gay...
anyways, nitpicking