Femininity, Self-harm and Eating Disorders in Japan: Navigating Contradiction in Narrative and Visual Culture - Couverture rigide

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Hansen, Gitte Marianne

 
9781138905306: Femininity, Self-harm and Eating Disorders in Japan: Navigating Contradiction in Narrative and Visual Culture

Synopsis

This 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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Gitte Marianne Hansen a Lecturer in Japanese Studies at Newcastle University, UK. She holds a PhD in Japanese Studies from the Unversity of Cambridge, UK.

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9781138502796: Femininity, Self-harm and Eating Disorders in Japan

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1138502790 ISBN 13 :  9781138502796
Editeur : Routledge, 2017
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