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Record Nr.

UNINA9910717413503321

Titolo

Gender in Japanese Popular Culture : Rethinking Masculinities and Femininities / / edited by Sirpa Salenius

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-12942-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 278) : illustrations

Disciplina

305.3

Soggetti

Sex role - Japan

Gender identity in mass media

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Destabilizing Gender 2. From dans to Genderless: Mediating Queer Styles and Androgynous Bodies in Japan 3. Ill create my own precedents: Female Rakugo Performers on Tokyos yose Stages 4. Not Quite There: Nikes Diversity and Inclusion Agenda and Japans Readiness 5. Hybrid Masculinities?: Reflexive Accounts of Japanese Youth at University jos Contests 6. The Widening Road: Constructions of Gay Japanese Men on YouTube 7. Boys Love, Transmedia Storytelling, and LGBT Awareness in Contemporary Japan 8. Creating the the Body Beautiful Cosplay: Cross-Dressing, Cosplay, and Hyper Femininity and Hyper Masculinity 9. Engagements with Gender, Sexuality and Authenticity in Cosplay.

Sommario/riassunto

This open-access essay collection brings together a range of viewpoints on gender from a diverse group of international scholars based in Finland, Belgium, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. The focus is, in particular, on gender performativity and non-binary or non-normative gender. The essays examine the ways in which gender can be depicted, perceived, and understood in Japanese popular culture. The work will be of interest to scholars working in gender studies, Asian studies, and popular culture. It will also act as a source text for higher education courses in Asia, Europe, and the United States.