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The Phoenix Papers, Vol. 4, No. 1

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Ladies, Gentlemen, and Otherwise, it is our pleasure and privilege to bring to you the 4.1 edition of The Phoenix Papers.

Frontispiece

Liminal by Alejandro Nuñez

Letter from the Editor

J. Holder Bennett, FANS Chair

Table of Contents

“Coming Out” as an Anime Fan: Cosplayers in the Anime Fandom, Fan Disclosure, and Well-Being

Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Dr. Courtney N. Plante, MacEwan University

Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, Renison University College, University of Waterloo

Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College

“Something Wicked This Way Comes”: Apocalyptic Overtones and the Descent into Ennui in John Logan’s TV Series Penny Dreadful

Dr. John Logsdon, Professor Emeritus, College of Southern Nevada

Motivations of Cosplayers to Participate in the Anime Fandom

Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Dr. Courtney N. Plante, MacEwan University

Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, Renison University College, University of Waterloo

Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College

Visual Disability in Kyōgen Zatōmono Viewed in a Sociohistorical and Religious Context

Stefanie Thomas, Ohio State University

The Sartrean Struggle of Banner/Hulk in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe

Jason Butco Sams, Arizona State University

The Sounds of Silence: The Artist as a Critique of Contemporary Film Methods

Lia McChane, University of North Texas

A Boy and His God: The Promise of Masculinity in Captain Marvel

Ryan Johnson, University of Texas at Dallas

My Hero Academia and Durkheim: A Case Study of Blood and Hair as “Sacred” Objects in a Japanese Anime Television Series

Dr. Ronald Lorenzo, Prairie View A & M University

Emile Durkheim’s Elementary Forms of Religious Life as Seen through Star Wars

Jacob Hardy, Texas A & M University

On Superherology

Kyle Hammonds, University of Oklahoma

“My Group Is Discriminated against, but I’m Not”: Denial of Personal Discrimination in Furry, Brony, Anime, and General Interest Fan Groups

Connor Leshner, Arizona State University

Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Dr. Courtney N. Plante, MacEwan University

Daniel Chadborn, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, Renison University College, University of Waterloo

Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College

In One Blow: The Futility of Nietzsche in One-Punch Man

Ryan Johnson, University of Texas at Dallas

 

Reviews

 

This War of Mine

J. Holder Bennett, FANS Chair

Layers of Fear

Abby Haller, Independent Scholar

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