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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies |
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Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: women and mixed messages; Analytical framework: mapping storylines across genre and cultural hierarchy; Female characters: becoming a being; Narrative and visual culture as produced works; Analysis proposal: inviting characters to speak for themselves; PART I Normativity; 2 Defining normativity: femininity with a long leash; Categorising sex, attaching gender: performance, dis-integration and positioning; Consciousness and display of the game |
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Kairi-kei shakai: multiplicity, extendability and transformativityContradictive femininity as terminology: paradox and housewife feminism; Character-construction techniques: several selves and the doppelgänger motif; Conclusions: theory as practice; 3 Teaming up: 'double and multiple characters'; Two named the same: Yazawa Ai's manga NANA; One alter ego saves the world from destruction: Kon Satoshi's anime Papurika; Three friends and an izakaya: TV drama Araundo 40 -- chūmon no ōi onna-tachi; Conclusions: just add another; 4 (De)subjectifying her: 'extended characters' |
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Midori breaks her silence: Kawakami Mieko's Chichi to ran and Higuchi Ichiyō's TakekurabeAttempted escape from the dunes: Otsuichi's 'Mukashi yūhi no kōen de' and Abe Kōbō's Suna no onna; No one-way ticket to love and equality: TV spots for Shinkansen Home-town and Xmas Express; Conclusions: tied down by tradition; 5 Doing it all: 'transforming characters'; A real woman's fantastic dignity: Bandō Mariko's how-to-book Josei no hinkaku; Switch on, switch off: Anno Moyoco's manga Hataraki-man; Mother on the runway: TV drama Bara iro no seisen; Awoken nightmare: Murakami Haruki's 'Nemuri' |
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Sweaty ambassadors for the nation: the national football team, Nadeshiko-JapanConclusions: managing hybrid selves; PART II Self-directed violence; 6 Repairing fragmented selves: self-harm and eating disorders; The Japanese context; Appetite control and slimness; Self-reproach and pain tolerance; Historical roots and contemporary incarnations: Onna daigaku and 'Meshi kuwanu onna'; Between the normal and the sick: behavioural grey zones; Theorising practice: being both victimiser and victim; Conclusions: performance strategy and contemporary lifestyle |
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7 Consuming the war in the body: developing analytical markersThematising eating disorders and self-harm: from documentary and literature to manga and art; Onset; Feeling dirty; Over-performance; Escape; The alien invader; Conclusions: private struggles as public discourse and entertainment; 8 Exposing embedded storylines: battling appetite, desire and a harmless monster; Purifying a starving self in a self-constructed world: Miyazaki Hayao's Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi; Carving a feminist self into conformity: Murakami Haruki's 'Midori-iro no kemono' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Femininity -- Japan
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Femininity in literature.
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Femininity in popular culture -- Japan
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Body image in women -- Japan
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Body image in literature.
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Women -- Japan -- Identity
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Women -- Japan -- Psychology
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Eating disorders in women -- Japan
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Body image in literature
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Body image in women
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Eating disorders in women
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Femininity
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Femininity in literature
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Femininity in popular culture
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Women -- Identity
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Women -- Psychology
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Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317444381 |
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1317444388 |
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9781317444398 |
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1317444396 |
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9781317444374 |
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131744437X |
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