Jeffry T. Hester
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781628461190
- eISBN:
- 9781626740662
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781628461190.003.0009
- Subject:
- Literature, Comics Studies
This chapter discusses the emergence of fujoshi culture in Japan as a controversial and contested figure in popular culture, arguing that the fujoshi is not necessarily in control of her own image, ...
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This chapter discusses the emergence of fujoshi culture in Japan as a controversial and contested figure in popular culture, arguing that the fujoshi is not necessarily in control of her own image, and a variety of discourses have emerged in the media seeking to explain these “rotten” women. It notes that fujoshi are represented in the media as a kind of otaku, but until the emergence of the fujoshi in popular discourse, female otaku were only ever “a derivative and misty presence.” In recent years, however, the fujoshi, characterized by her interest in male homoerotic has, through online and print media coverage, been given a solid and accessible social presence without precedent. The chapter focuses analysis on three popular multimedia BL narratives: Fantasizing Girl, Otaku-Style (Mōsō shōjo otaku-kei), My Neighbor Yaoi-chan (Tonari no 801-chan), and Fujoshi Girlfriend (Fujoshi kanojo). All three of them involve fujoshi as the protagonist.Less
This chapter discusses the emergence of fujoshi culture in Japan as a controversial and contested figure in popular culture, arguing that the fujoshi is not necessarily in control of her own image, and a variety of discourses have emerged in the media seeking to explain these “rotten” women. It notes that fujoshi are represented in the media as a kind of otaku, but until the emergence of the fujoshi in popular discourse, female otaku were only ever “a derivative and misty presence.” In recent years, however, the fujoshi, characterized by her interest in male homoerotic has, through online and print media coverage, been given a solid and accessible social presence without precedent. The chapter focuses analysis on three popular multimedia BL narratives: Fantasizing Girl, Otaku-Style (Mōsō shōjo otaku-kei), My Neighbor Yaoi-chan (Tonari no 801-chan), and Fujoshi Girlfriend (Fujoshi kanojo). All three of them involve fujoshi as the protagonist.
Jeffrey Angles
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816669691
- eISBN:
- 9781452947037
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816669691.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
This chapter focuses on Murayama Kaita’s work. It examines Kaita’s “Bishōnen Saraino no kubi,” (“The Bust of the Beautiful Young Salaino”), a tour de force full of hallucinatory qualities, ...
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This chapter focuses on Murayama Kaita’s work. It examines Kaita’s “Bishōnen Saraino no kubi,” (“The Bust of the Beautiful Young Salaino”), a tour de force full of hallucinatory qualities, proto-modernist language, and male homoerotic desire. In “Satsujin gyōja” (The murdering ascetic), male–male erotic desire plays a large role. “Akuma no shita” (“The Diabolic Tongue”) has clear homoerotic overtones. Both stories depict desire within contexts that involve crime and even murderous behavior. In these stories, Kaita implies that civilization with its concern for regulations and order suppresses the vital élan that informs sexuality and renders life dangerous and exciting. Additionally, Kaita’s poems treat male beauty as a source of powerful emotions and intense vitality.Less
This chapter focuses on Murayama Kaita’s work. It examines Kaita’s “Bishōnen Saraino no kubi,” (“The Bust of the Beautiful Young Salaino”), a tour de force full of hallucinatory qualities, proto-modernist language, and male homoerotic desire. In “Satsujin gyōja” (The murdering ascetic), male–male erotic desire plays a large role. “Akuma no shita” (“The Diabolic Tongue”) has clear homoerotic overtones. Both stories depict desire within contexts that involve crime and even murderous behavior. In these stories, Kaita implies that civilization with its concern for regulations and order suppresses the vital élan that informs sexuality and renders life dangerous and exciting. Additionally, Kaita’s poems treat male beauty as a source of powerful emotions and intense vitality.
