Mimetic fandom and one-sixth-scale action figures
Within material practices that emphasize reproduction, customizers often extrapolate, creating new material to fill in gaps. Bricolage transforms mass-produced items into individualized creative works by improving the perceived accuracy of licensed merchandise or by recycling and repurposing items t...
Main Author: | Victoria Godwin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Organization for Transformative Works
2015-09-01
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Series: | Transformative Works and Cultures |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2015.0686 |
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