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Manga Cultures and the Female Gaze / / by Kathryn Hemmann



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Autore: Hemmann Kathryn Visualizza persona
Titolo: Manga Cultures and the Female Gaze / / by Kathryn Hemmann Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 741.50952
Soggetto topico: Ethnology—Asia
Culture
Gender
Popular Culture
Communication
Asian Culture
Culture and Gender
Media and Communication
Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction: Interrogating the Text from the Wrong Perspective -- 2. Short Skirts, Superpowers, and the Evolution of the Beautiful Fighting Girl -- 3. The Maiden and the Witch: CLAMP's Subversion of Female Character Tropes -- 4. Queering the Media Mix: The Female Gaze in Japanese Fancomics -- 5. Beautiful War Games: Transfiguring Genders in Video Game Fancomics -- 6. Link Is Not Silent: Queer Disability Positivity in Fan Readings of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -- 7. The Cultural Cross-Pollination of Shōjo Manga.
Sommario/riassunto: The female gaze is used by writers and readers to examine narratives from a perspective that sees women as subjects instead of objects, and the application of a female gaze to male-dominated discourses can open new avenues of interpretation. This book explores how female manga artists have encouraged the female gaze within their work and how female readers have challenged the male gaze pervasive in many forms of popular media. Each of the chapters offers a close reading of influential manga and fancomics to illustrate the female gaze as a mode of resistant reading and creative empowerment. By employing a female gaze, professional and amateur creators are able to shape and interpret texts in a manner that emphasizes the role of female characters while challenging and reconfiguring gendered themes and issues. Kathryn Hemmann received a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of numerous essays on Japanese fiction, graphic novels, and video games. They also run the blog Contemporary Japanese Literature (japaneselit.net), which features reviews of fiction in translation and posts on gender, society, and popular culture.
Titolo autorizzato: Manga Cultures and the Female Gaze  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-030-18095-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910484279803321
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Serie: East Asian Popular Culture, . 2634-5935