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, proposing different ways to think about gender, sexuality, and masculinities/femininities. By using case studies from Japanese popular culture, the authors contribute to...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Salenius, Sirpa (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Destabilizing Gender
  • 2. From dansō to Genderless: Mediating Queer Styles and Androgynous Bodies in Japan
  • 3. "I'll create my own precedents": Female Rakugo Performers on Tokyo's yose Stages
  • 4. Not Quite There: Nike's Diversity and Inclusion Agenda and Japan's Readiness
  • 5. Hybrid Masculinities?: Reflexive Accounts of Japanese Youth at University josō 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.