Essays about: "Japan, woman"

Found 5 essays containing the words Japan, woman.

  1. 1. Mirror, Mirror : Embodying the sexed posthuman body of becoming in Sion Sono’s Antiporno (アンチポルノ, 2016) and Mika Ninagawa’s Helter Skelter (ヘルタースケルター, 2012)

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Zara Luna Hjelm; [2021]
    Keywords : internalized gaze of oppression; Sion Sono; Mika Ninagawa; Antiporno; Helter Skelter; Japanese cinema; film analysis; gender; plastic surgery; beauty standards; body commodification; self-objectification; Japan; becoming; cyborg feminism; the charmed circle; masculine domination; j-horror; pinku egia; ego guro nansensu; shojo manga; BDSM;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the embodiment of the sexed body and the struggle of fitting into the narrow frames of what a woman is supposed to behave and look like in Japanese cinema. Using the medium of film, I, therefore, seek to produce knowledge regarding the internalized gaze of the oppressor, and self-objectification, caused by the capitalist heteropatriarchy. READ MORE

  3. 2. “This was the reason I was born” Contextualizing Issues and Choices of a Japanese Woman Musician

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Alessandra Cognetta; [2017]
    Keywords : Japanese metal music; Japanese music industry; Female musicians; Feminist theory; Choice feminism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the Japanese music industry from a liberal feminist perspective, as academic literature rarely discusses Japanese music – especially niche genres like metal. After pinpointing a gap in the literature on the subject, and after outlining issues in the Japanese music industry, this study sheds light on the reasons that lead Japanese women musicians to thrive outside of major Japanese record companies. READ MORE

  4. 3. A stunning portrait of diversity? : Gender, race, and nation in Miss Universe Japan 2015

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Genusvetenskap

    Author : Lina Johansson; [2017]
    Keywords : Miss Universe Japan; Ariana Miyamoto; Japanese femininity; Beauty pageants; Japan; Whiteness; Nationalism; Race; Gender;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study how gender, race, and nation are represented in Miss Universe Japan 2015. I investigate how the top five participants are represented in relation to Japanese ideal femininity and what these representations contribute to. Furthermore, I examine how global ideals have impacted the outcome of the pageant. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Relationship between Family Policies and Total Fertility Rate in East Asian countries, 1995-2009

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Zubdah Farrukh; [2014]
    Keywords : East Asia; Family Policies; Fertility; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : East Asia has experienced a substantial decline in fertility over past few decades. Japan and Korea touched lowest level of fertility, which is 1,26 and 1,08 children per woman respectively in 2005. However, Taiwan continued to decline until 2010 when the fertility rate was 0,90 children per woman. READ MORE

  6. 5. What happens with company culture when high and low masculine cultures merge? A case study of the Joint Venture Sony Ericsson

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi

    Author : Caroline Ohlsson; Sanja Odelj; [2007]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In today’s global market, international mergers are very common. Different companies with various cultures, start working together. There is a limited amount of literature about what really happens with the company culture when companies merge. There are also few case studies on culture integration of merging companies. READ MORE