Name: Gender in Japanese Popular Culture
ISBN: 978-3-031-12942-1

Editors:

Sirpa Salenius⁰

Sirpa Salenius
1. School of Humanities, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
View editor publications

You can also search for this editor in PubMed Google Scholar

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Examines the ways in which gender can be depicted, perceived, and understood in Japanese popular culture
Generates new conversations about gender that move beyond nation
Challenges conventional assumptions associated not only with gender but also normativity

6726 Accesses
156 Altmetric

Softcover Book USD 49.99

Price excludes VAT (USA)

Hardcover Book USD 59.99

Price excludes VAT (USA)

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (9 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xiii

PDF
Introduction: Destabilizing Gender
- Sirpa Salenius
Pages 1-27Open Access
From Dansō to Genderless: Mediating Queer Styles and Androgynous Bodies in Japan
- Michelle H. S. Ho
Pages 29-59Open Access
“I’ll Create My Own Precedents”: Female Rakugo Performers on Tokyo’s Yose Stages
- Sarah Stark
Pages 61-98Open Access
Not Quite There: Nike’s Diversity and Inclusion Agenda and Japan’s Readiness
- Yuko Itatsu
Pages 99-122Open Access
Hybrid Masculinities? Reflexive Accounts of Japanese Youth at University Josō Contests
- Ayumi Miyazaki
Pages 123-149Open Access
The Widening Road: Constructions of Gay Japanese Men on YouTube
- Gavin Furukawa
Pages 151-174Open Access
Boys’ Love, Transmedia Storytelling, and LGBT Awareness in Contemporary Japan
- Emiko Nozawa
Pages 175-207Open Access
Creating the Body Beautiful Cosplay: Crossdressing, Cosplay, and Hyper Femininity/Hyper Masculinity
- Emerald L. King
Pages 209-240Open Access
Engagements with Gender, Sexuality, and Authenticity in Cosplay
- Lucy Glasspool
Pages 241-274Open Access
Back Matter

Pages 275-278

PDF

About this book

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 examine the ways in which gender can be depicted, perceived, and understood in Japanese popular culture. The work will be of interest to scholars working in gender studies, Asian studies, and popular culture. It will also act as a source text for higher education courses in Asia, Europe, and the United States.

Keywords

Open Access
Japenese popular culture
Gender in Japan
cosplay
Kei
Manga
Japanese studies
Asian studies

Editors and Affiliations

School of Humanities, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland

Sirpa Salenius

About the editor

Sirpa Salenius is Senior Lecturer at the University of Eastern Finland, Finland. Her research focuses on issues related to race, gender, and sexuality, from the nineteenth century to the present. Her other edited works include Race and Transatlantic Identities (2017), TransAtlantic Conversations (2017) and Neglected American Women Writers of the Long Nineteenth Century (2021).

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Gender in Japanese Popular Culture
Book Subtitle: Rethinking Masculinities and Femininities
Editors: Sirpa Salenius
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12942-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12941-4Published: 25 April 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12944-5Published: 25 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12942-1Published: 24 April 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 278
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Culture, Media and Gender, Asian Culture

Editors:

Sections

Buying options