Alumni Room – Atwood Memorial Center
My Costume, Myself: Celebrating Stories of Cosplay and Beyond with author Thomas G. Endres PhD. (SCSU, 1982, B.S.)
In-Person – Alumni Room, Atwood Memorial Center, St. Cloud State University.
Online:https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/92252206461
Meeting ID: 922 5220 6461
Cosplayer Thomas G. Endres is an SCSU Alumni and current professor at the University of Northern Colorado where he teaches courses on unpacking popular culture. He is the author of Sturgis Stories: Celebrating the People of the World’s Largest Motorcycle Rally (also published by Kirk House). Tom and his wife Maki live in Greeley, CO.
5:00-5:15pm Welcome
5:15pm – 5:45pm Stories of Cosplay and Book Presentation
5:45pm-6:00pm Q&A with the Author
6:00pm-7:00pm Book Signing & Social Hang Out
ABOUT THE BOOK:Cosplay. Celebrity impersonation. Historical reenactment. Drag. Ren Fairs. Through research and stories, come discover the transformational world of costumes, and how they can be used to uncover, cultivate, and represent aspects of one’s inner self.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Thomas Endres presents a much needed deeper dive into a phenomenon defined by difference. The case study interviews, and most importantly the photographs documenting the subjects interviewed in their cosplay performance, are presented in a manner that allows a greater depth of articulated voice from individuals than previous works have allowed.- J. Richard Stevens, author of Captain America, Masculinity, and Violence: The Evolution of a National Icon
Endres accessibly and usefully documents the current practice of costuming as communication of multiple identities, providing full body photos and the voices of the creators in the various Costume Conversation sections.- Pravina Shukla, author of Costume: Performing Identities through Dress
Tom vividly illustrates how cosplay can transform lives. In a world where polarized ideologies and judgmental thinking about difference have become normalized, these important stories need to be told. Thank you, Tom, for telling them so well.- Deanna D. Sellnow , author of The Rhetorical Power of Popular Culture: Considering Mediated Texts
Hosted by: Anime Brigade, Office for Institutional Equity and Access
Additional Information can be found at: https://huskiesconnect.stcloudstate.edu/event/9083278