04499oam 2200697I 450 991095563210332120251117070529.01-317-44439-61-315-69592-81-317-44438-810.4324/9781315695921 (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 Hansen1st ed.Abingdon, 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 femaleThis book examines the relationship between normative femininity and women's self-directed violence in contemporary Japanese culture including novels, short stories, artwork, manga, anime, TV dramas and news stories. The aim of juxtapositioning such diverse narrative and visual culture is to map common storylines and thematisation techniques about normative femininity and women's self-directed violence. The book analyses both globally well known Japanese culture such as Murakami Haruki's literary works and Miyazaki Hayao's animation as well as culture unavailable to non-Japanese readers.Nissan 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.1881893MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955632103321Femininity, self-harm and eating disorders in Japan4496782UNINA