Femininity, self-harm and eating disorders in Japan : navigating contradiction in narrative and visual culture / / Gitte Marianne Hansen |
Autore | Hansen Gitte Marianne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.40952 |
Collana | Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Series |
Soggetto topico |
Femininity - Japan
Femininity in literature Femininity in popular culture - Japan Japanese literature - Women authors Body image in women - Japan |
ISBN |
1-317-44439-6
1-315-69592-8 1-317-44438-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 game
Sweaty 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 7 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 female |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798044803321 |
Hansen Gitte Marianne | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Femininity, self-harm and eating disorders in Japan : navigating contradiction in narrative and visual culture / / Gitte Marianne Hansen |
Autore | Hansen Gitte Marianne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.40952 |
Collana | Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Series |
Soggetto topico |
Femininity - Japan
Femininity in literature Femininity in popular culture - Japan Japanese literature - Women authors Body image in women - Japan |
ISBN |
1-317-44439-6
1-315-69592-8 1-317-44438-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 game
Sweaty 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 7 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 female |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813060203321 |
Hansen Gitte Marianne | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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