Coraje para ser fan
dispositivo de aleturgia que gobierna el cosplay
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2025.1.46784Palabras clave:
cosplay, fans, care of the self, ethnographic foucauldian genealogy, alethurgy.Resumen
El cosplay es un fenómeno participativo en el que sus practicantes expresan públicamente su relación de admiración con el producto mediático que realizan mediante el uso de disfraces y la interpretación de personajes de la cultura pop. Esta manifestación representa posturas ante conflictos entre hinchas, pero también asociadas a cuestiones identitarias y políticas. Estas posiciones pueden interpretarse como la elaboración de la subjetividad foucaultiana a través del autocuidado, cuando los sujetos (re)configuran las formas de gobierno que guían sus prácticas rutinarias. Así, el presente estudio pretende comprender cómo el apoyo interaccional entre cosplayers gobierna sus actuaciones. Para ello, se realizó una Etnografía Genealógica Foucaultiana (EFG) entre 2020 y 2024. Los resultados indican la existencia de dos diagramas de poder: la inspiración y el honor, que establecen formas para que los cosplayers cuiden de sí mismos y de sus compañeros. Cuando se suman, los dos diagramas revelan el recurso de valentía que utilizan los cosplayers para manifestar su relación con los fans, sus valores personales y el respeto a los demás fans. Tal dispositivo es, por tanto, un ejercicio de aleturgia cuando los sujetos se comprometen a manifestar la verdad, con el objetivo de mejorar el contexto social en el que actúan.
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