Essays about: "Feminism in Manga"

Found 3 essays containing the words Feminism in Manga.

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. Slash Fiction : A Love and Sexual Fantasy in China

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Ying Tang; [2016]
   Keywords : Slash fiction; fandom; feminism; friendship ties; identity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Slash fiction emerged in China in the 1990s with the rising polarity of Japanese animation and manga culture, and it has rapidly developed into a cultural icon of the whole nation, especially among female fans. The major objective of this thesis is to investigate female slash writers in China as well as how they see slash fiction in their daily lives in terms of gender equality, friendship ties and identity. READ MORE

4. 3. An Analysis of Contemporary Manga Culture in Japan and Sweden with a study of the works of Naoki Urasawa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Erika Fujiwara; [2010]
   Keywords : Comic Books; Manga genre; Manga market; Japanese culture; Japanese feminism; Feminism in Manga; Urasawa Manga; Feminism in Urasawa Manga; Manga History; Swedish Culture; International Manga Market; Swedish response to Manga; Potential of Manga; Manga Studies; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This thesis is an analysis of contemporary Manga Culture in Japan and Sweden. The objective of the study was to identify the potential and problems for Manga culture and its future in the international market. Also I try to examine the potential of Manga to establish its academic status. READ MORE