why isn't there more feminism in anime?
unpacking some of the history of feminisms in japan and rationalizing the use of western critical feminisms as an analytical lens through which to critique japanese cultural exports
library list:
Podcasts:
Writ Large with Zachary Davis -
https://www.writlarge.fm/episodes/the...
History of Japan Podcast with Isaac Meyer -
https://isaacmeyer.net/2020/03/episod...
Against Japanism with Kato san -
https://againstjapanism.buzzsprout.co...
https://againstjapanism.buzzsprout.co...
Anime in America with Yedoye Travis -
https://www.crunchyroll.com/animeinam...
Words:
Hiratsuka, R. (2006). In the beginning, woman was the sun: the autobiography of a Japanese feminist. Columbia University Press.
Kobayashi, K., Jackson, S. J., & Sam, M. P. (2019). Globalization, creative alliance and self-Orientalism: Negotiating Japanese identity within Asics global advertising production. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 22(1), 157–174. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877917733812
Matsui, M. (1990). Evolution of the Feminist Movement in Japan. NWSA Journal, 2(3), 435–449. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4316048
Molony, B. Feminism in Japan. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History. Retrieved 23 Apr. 2023, from
https://oxfordre.com/asianhistory/vie....
Shigematsu, S. (2015) Intimacies of Imperialism and Japanese-Black Feminist Transgression: Militarised Occupations in Okinawa and Beyond. Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific. Issue 37.
University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies: Featured Feminists Exhibition. https://ii.umich.edu/cjs/portraits-of...
Vavich, D. A. (1967). The Japanese Woman’s Movement: Ichikawa Fusae, A Pioneer in Woman’s Suffrage. Monumenta Nipponica, 22(3/4), 402–436. https://doi.org/10.2307/2383075
Wagner, K. (2019) Don't Let People Enjoy Things: Commons Sense Against the Meme. The Baffler. https://thebaffler.com/latest/dont-le...
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