Gender in Japanese Popular Culture Rethinking Masculinities and Femininities

This open-access essay collection brings together a range of viewpoints on gender from a diverse group of international scholars based in Finland, Belgium, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. The focus is, in particular, on gender performativity and non-binary or non-normative gender. The essays examin...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Salenius, Sirpa, editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2023.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009743532406719
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Destabilizing Gender 2. From dans to Genderless: Mediating Queer Styles and Androgynous Bodies in Japan 3. Ill create my own precedents: Female Rakugo Performers on Tokyos yose Stages 4. Not Quite There: Nikes Diversity and Inclusion Agenda and Japans Readiness 5. Hybrid Masculinities?: Reflexive Accounts of Japanese Youth at University jos Contests 6. The Widening Road: Constructions of Gay Japanese Men on YouTube 7. Boys Love, Transmedia Storytelling, and LGBT Awareness in Contemporary Japan 8. Creating the the Body Beautiful Cosplay: Cross-Dressing, Cosplay, and Hyper Femininity and Hyper Masculinity 9. Engagements with Gender, Sexuality and Authenticity in Cosplay.