Female authorship and implicit power in women's erotica : Japanese "ladies' comics" and Fifty Shades of Grey

Can female readers perceive empowerment through sexually explicit, fictional stories that feature depictions of misogynistic relationships or encounters? In this thesis, I will attempt to answer this question by examining English- and Japanese-language examples of sexual writing for women, specifica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eshghi, Shirin
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43745