Gender and Sexuality in Shoujo Manga: Undoing Heteronormative Expectations in Utena, Pet Shop of Horrors, and Angel Sanctuary

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Main Author:	Hurford, Emily M.
Language:	English
Published:	Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK 2009
Subjects:	Gender Literature Womens Studies manga gender sexuality shoujo heteronormativity
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1250882984

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu12508829842021-08-03T05:29:13Z Gender and Sexuality in Shoujo Manga: Undoing Heteronormative Expectations in Utena, Pet Shop of Horrors, and Angel Sanctuary Hurford, Emily M. Gender Literature Womens Studies manga gender sexuality shoujo heteronormativity This study examines how gender and sexuality operate within English-language translations of shoujo manga, the genre of Japanese comic books that are marketed for young female audiences. This study uses the theoretical work of Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, and Judith Halberstam to do an explicitly queer, feminist close reading of Revolutionary Girl Utena, Pet Shop of Horrors, and Angel Sanctuary, three manga titles whose protagonists perform their own genders and sexualities in ways that run counter to or subvert heterosexual expectations. It argues that dislocating shoujo manga titles from their Japanese context, which constructs gender and sexuality in ways that are different from how gender and sexuality are constructed within theUnited States, provides a space in which heteronormative constructions of gender and sexuality are challenged or questioned, and suggests that English translations of Japanese manga titles provides rich grounds for rethinking gender and sexuality. 2009-10-05 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1250882984 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1250882984 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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Gender and Sexuality in Shoujo Manga: Undoing Heteronormative Expectations in Utena, Pet Shop of Horrors, and Angel Sanctuary

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