Transfiguring women in late twentieth-century Japan: feminists, lesbians, and girls' comics artists and fans
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University of Hawaiʻi Press
2024
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Abstract: | "Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls' Comics Artists and Fans examines three dynamic and overlapping communities of women and adolescent girls who challenged Japanese gender and sexual norms in the 1970s and 1980s. These spheres encompassed activists in the uman ribu (women's liberation) movement, members of the rezubian (lesbian) community, and artists and readers of queer shojo manga (girls' comics). Individually and collectively, they found the normative understanding of the category "women" untenable and worked to redefine and expand its meaning by transfiguring ideas, images, and practices selectively appropriated from the "West." They did so, however, while remaining firmly fixed on the local. Thus, for many, this ostensibly Western focus was not a turn away from Japan but integral to their understanding of being a woman within Japan." "Following broad historical overviews of the uman ribu, rezubian, and queer shojo manga spheres, the book takes a deeper look through the lenses of terminology, translation, and travel to offer a window onto how acts of transfiguration reshaped what it meant to be a woman in Japan. The work draws on a vast archive that encompasses early twentieth-century dictionaries, sexology texts, and literature; postwar women's and men's magazines and pornography; translated feminist and lesbian texts; comics and animation; and newsletters, fanzines, and other heretofore largely unexamined ephemera. The volume's characterization of the era is also greatly enriched by interviews with more than sixty individuals. Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan demonstrates that the transfiguration of Western culture into something locally meaningful had tangible effects beyond newly (re)created texts, practices, images, and ideas within the uman ribu, rezubian, and queer shojo manga communities." "The individuals and groups involved were themselves transformed. More broadly, their efforts forged new understandings of "women" in Japan, creating space for a greater number of public roles not bound to being a mother or a wife, as well as a greater diversity of gender and sexual expression that reached far beyond the Japanese border." |
Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Umfang: | xii, 249 Seiten Illustrationen |
ISBN: | 9780824872687 9780824872694 |
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spelling | Welker, James Verfasser (DE-588)1150242140 aut Transfiguring women in late twentieth-century Japan feminists, lesbians, and girls' comics artists and fans James Welker Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press 2024 © 2024 xii, 249 Seiten Illustrationen txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index "Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls' Comics Artists and Fans examines three dynamic and overlapping communities of women and adolescent girls who challenged Japanese gender and sexual norms in the 1970s and 1980s. These spheres encompassed activists in the uman ribu (women's liberation) movement, members of the rezubian (lesbian) community, and artists and readers of queer shojo manga (girls' comics). Individually and collectively, they found the normative understanding of the category "women" untenable and worked to redefine and expand its meaning by transfiguring ideas, images, and practices selectively appropriated from the "West." They did so, however, while remaining firmly fixed on the local. Thus, for many, this ostensibly Western focus was not a turn away from Japan but integral to their understanding of being a woman within Japan." "Following broad historical overviews of the uman ribu, rezubian, and queer shojo manga spheres, the book takes a deeper look through the lenses of terminology, translation, and travel to offer a window onto how acts of transfiguration reshaped what it meant to be a woman in Japan. The work draws on a vast archive that encompasses early twentieth-century dictionaries, sexology texts, and literature; postwar women's and men's magazines and pornography; translated feminist and lesbian texts; comics and animation; and newsletters, fanzines, and other heretofore largely unexamined ephemera. The volume's characterization of the era is also greatly enriched by interviews with more than sixty individuals. Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan demonstrates that the transfiguration of Western culture into something locally meaningful had tangible effects beyond newly (re)created texts, practices, images, and ideas within the uman ribu, rezubian, and queer shojo manga communities." "The individuals and groups involved were themselves transformed. More broadly, their efforts forged new understandings of "women" in Japan, creating space for a greater number of public roles not bound to being a mother or a wife, as well as a greater diversity of gender and sexual expression that reached far beyond the Japanese border." Geschichte 1970-1989 gnd rswk-swf Geschlechterpolitik (DE-588)4556952-6 gnd rswk-swf LGBT (DE-588)7705503-2 gnd rswk-swf Shōjo (DE-588)1326468448 gnd rswk-swf Frauenbewegung (DE-588)4071428-7 gnd rswk-swf Japan (DE-588)4028495-5 gnd rswk-swf 20. Jahrhundert (ca. 1900 bis ca. 1999) Feminism / Japan / History / 20th century Sex role / Japan / History / 20th century Women in popular culture / Japan / History / 20th century Lesbians / Japan / History / 20th century Comic book fans / Japan / History / 20th century Queer comic books, strips, etc / Japan / History / 20th century 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 Asian history Asiatische Geschichte Gay & Lesbian studies Gender Studies: Gruppen Gender studies, gender groups Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte HISTORY / Asia / Japan HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century LGBTQ+ Studien / Themen Media studies Medienwissenschaften SOC065000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies Sex und Sexualität, soziale Aspekte Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Japan (DE-588)4028495-5 g Frauenbewegung (DE-588)4071428-7 s LGBT (DE-588)7705503-2 s Shōjo (DE-588)1326468448 s Geschlechterpolitik (DE-588)4556952-6 s Geschichte 1970-1989 z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF 978-0-8248-9823-6 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-8248-9824-3 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-8248-9825-0 |
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title | Transfiguring women in late twentieth-century Japan feminists, lesbians, and girls' comics artists and fans |
title_auth | Transfiguring women in late twentieth-century Japan feminists, lesbians, and girls' comics artists and fans |
title_exact_search | Transfiguring women in late twentieth-century Japan feminists, lesbians, and girls' comics artists and fans |
title_full | Transfiguring women in late twentieth-century Japan feminists, lesbians, and girls' comics artists and fans James Welker |
title_fullStr | Transfiguring women in late twentieth-century Japan feminists, lesbians, and girls' comics artists and fans James Welker |
title_full_unstemmed | Transfiguring women in late twentieth-century Japan feminists, lesbians, and girls' comics artists and fans James Welker |
title_short | Transfiguring women in late twentieth-century Japan |
title_sort | transfiguring women in late twentieth century japan feminists lesbians and girls comics artists and fans |
title_sub | feminists, lesbians, and girls' comics artists and fans |
topic | Geschlechterpolitik (DE-588)4556952-6 gnd LGBT (DE-588)7705503-2 gnd Shōjo (DE-588)1326468448 gnd Frauenbewegung (DE-588)4071428-7 gnd |
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