LEADER 03868oam 2200673I 450 001 9910813060203321 005 20230808213047.0 010 $a1-317-44439-6 010 $a1-315-69592-8 010 $a1-317-44438-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315695921 035 $a(CKB)3710000000540731 035 $a(EBL)4219451 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001591475 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16288017 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001591475 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12848256 035 $a(PQKB)10642125 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4219451 035 $a(OCoLC)958108808 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000540731 100 $a20180706d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFemininity, self-harm and eating disorders in Japan $enavigating contradiction in narrative and visual culture /$fGitte Marianne Hansen 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon : New York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 225 1 $aNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-50279-0 311 $a1-138-90530-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aSweaty 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 327 $a7 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' 327 $aDisguised by the fantastic: re-considering Miyazaki's and Murakami's construction of female 410 0$aNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series. 606 $aFemininity$zJapan 606 $aFemininity in literature 606 $aFemininity in popular culture$zJapan 606 $aJapanese literature$xWomen authors 606 $aBody image in women$zJapan 615 0$aFemininity 615 0$aFemininity in literature. 615 0$aFemininity in popular culture 615 0$aJapanese literature$xWomen authors. 615 0$aBody image in women 676 $a305.40952 700 $aHansen$b Gitte Marianne.$01669206 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813060203321 996 $aFemininity, self-harm and eating disorders in Japan$94030331 997 $aUNINA