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'Cosplayers' (from コスプレ kosupure 'costume role-play') - teenagers who dress as characters from film, television or animé cartoons - pose for the cameras in Harajuku, Tokyo. These girls are dressed as members of the Japanese band 'Dir en grey'. Photo © by Sonny Santos from http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Culture_of_Japan It is apparent that advertising, artefacts, entertainment, fads, fashion, films, graffiti, games, icons, Internet activities, literature, music, national symbols, posters, television, tourist destinations, values, and much more - the products and practices that make our everyday lives defines our culture. In many ways, culture is about us as cultural subjects i.e. the subject s of culture. In short, we are the subjects of culture because culture, apparently, is all about us. It is a natural corollary of our existence. Interestingly, the word subject also evokes a sinister meaning: one that is placed under authority or control as a captive, dep...