Gitte Marianne Hansen

Femininity, Self-harm and Eating Disorders in Japan

Navigating contradiction in narrative and visual culture

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the relationship between normative femininity and women's self-directed violence in contemporary Japanese culture including novels, artwork, TV dramas and news stories. The book analyses both well known Japanese culture such as Murakami Haruki's literary works as well as culture unavailable to non-Japanese readers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781138502796
• ISBN-10: 1138502790
• Artikelnr.: 57038876

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Women and Mixed Messages Part I: Normativity 2. Defining
Normativity: Femininity with a Long Leash 3. Teaming Up: Double and
Multiples Characters 4. (De)subjectifying Her: Extended Characters 5. Doing
it All: Transforming Characters Part II: Self-directed Violence 6.
Repairing Fragmented Selves: Self-harm and Eating Disorders 7. Consuming
the War in the Body: Developing Analytical Markers 8. Exposing Embedded
Storylines: Battling Appetite, Desire and a Harmless Monster 9.
Conclusions: Contradictive-femininity-as-doppelgänger Motif