03868oam 2200673I 450 991081306020332120230808213047.01-317-44439-61-315-69592-81-317-44438-810.4324/9781315695921 (CKB)3710000000540731(EBL)4219451(SSID)ssj0001591475(PQKBManifestationID)16288017(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001591475(PQKBWorkID)12848256(PQKB)10642125(MiAaPQ)EBC4219451(OCoLC)958108808(EXLCZ)99371000000054073120180706d2016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFemininity, self-harm and eating disorders in Japan navigating contradiction in narrative and visual culture /Gitte Marianne HansenAbingdon, Oxon : New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (255 p.)Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-50279-0 1-138-90530-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 gameSweaty 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 lifestyle7 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'Disguised by the fantastic: re-considering Miyazaki's and Murakami's construction of femaleNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.FemininityJapanFemininity in literatureFemininity in popular cultureJapanJapanese literatureWomen authorsBody image in womenJapanFemininityFemininity in literature.Femininity in popular cultureJapanese literatureWomen authors.Body image in women305.40952Hansen Gitte Marianne.1669206MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813060203321Femininity, self-harm and eating disorders in Japan4030331UNINA