- Japanese Studies, Japanese Language And Culture, Modern and Contemporary Japan, Japanese Literature, Anthropology of Japan, Japanese Cinema, and 27 moreModern Japanese Literature, LGBT Issues, LGBT Studies, LGBT Literature, Feminist and LGBT Cultural History, Transnational Feminism, Postcolonial Feminism, Intersectional Feminism, Burma Studies, Burmese Studies, East Asian Studies, East Asian Cinema, East Asian History, Colonialism, Post-Colonialism, Queer Theory, Gender Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, World Literatures, Transgender Studies, Culture Studies, Queer Studies, Gender Theory, War and Memory, Occult Sciences, Modern Japanese History, and Cinemaedit
- Postgraduate student in Japanese Studies with a particular interest in modern literature. I also enjoy writing about East Asian cinema, music, and theatre.edit
This paper discusses the emergence of Heian literary figures Hikaru Genji and Ariwara no Narihira as cultural and romantic heroes. It explores ideas of courtliness, spirituality/religion, and morality in relation to their actions, in an... more
This paper discusses the emergence of Heian literary figures Hikaru Genji and Ariwara no Narihira as cultural and romantic heroes. It explores ideas of courtliness, spirituality/religion, and morality in relation to their actions, in an effort to understand the significance of the irogonomi as a cultural hero in Heian literature.
Research Interests: Religion, Japanese Studies, Comparative Literature, Japanese Literature, Literature, and 22 moreMasculinity Studies, Spirituality, Masculinity, Pre-Modern Japanese Literature, Japanese Literature and Culture, Morality, Japanese literature and cultural studies, Genji Monogatari, Cultural heroes, Murasaki Shikibu, Heian Literature, Courtliness, Heian Japan, Heian Japanese Women's Writing, Heian Court, Lady Murasaki, The Romantic Hero, Ariwara no Narihira, The Tale of Genji, The Tales of Ise, Ise Monogatari, and Irogonomi
This paper discusses the significance of Enchi Fumiko’s use of intertextuality in Masks, examining how her allusions to The Tale of Genji relate to the novel’s representations of modern Japanese women.
Research Interests: Comparative Literature, Gender Studies, Japanese Literature, Literature, Kabuki, and 16 morePre-Modern Japanese Literature, Modern Japanese Literature, Japanese Literature and Culture, Contemporary Japanese Literature, Women and Gender Studies, Masks, Murasaki Shikibu, Heian Literature, Modern Japanese Literature and Culture, Japanese women's writing, Heian Japan, Heian Japanese Women's Writing, Heian Court, Lady Murasaki, Fumiko Enchi, and Enchi Fumiko
This essay explores the social, political and psychological difficulties encountered by Murasaki and the Akashi lady in Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji. It argues that the challenges faced by the female characters in the novel are... more
This essay explores the social, political and psychological difficulties encountered by Murasaki and the Akashi lady in Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji. It argues that the challenges faced by the female characters in the novel are not simply fictional, but that they reflect the reality of life for women during the Heian Period.
Research Interests: Japanese Studies, Gender Studies, Japanese Literature, Literature, Pre-Modern Japan, and 15 morePre-Modern Japanese Literature, Japanese Literature and Culture, Literary History, Women and Gender Studies, Genji Studies, Japanese literature and cultural studies, Genji Monogatari, Murasaki Shikibu, Heian Literature, Heian Japan, Heian Japanese Women's Writing, Heian Court, Heian Period Women Writers, Lady Murasaki, and The Tale of Genji
This paper analyses Asia Extreme’s strategies to internationalise and adapt Japanese films for a Western audience through two case studies: Audition and Battle Royale.
Research Interests: Marketing, Japanese Studies, Avant-Garde Cinema, Film Studies, Horror Film, and 37 moreJapanese Cinema, Internationalization, International Marketing, Film Promotion And Marketing, Film Promotion and Marketing (Film Studies), Horror Cinema, Cinema, Marketing Strategy, Japanese Horror film, Film and Media Studies, Cult Cinema, Orientalism, Cinema Studies, Oriental Studies, Audition, Otherness, Internationalisation, Takashi Miike, Film Marketing, Battle Royale, Kinji Fukasaku, Horror, Identity, Otherness, Critical Discourse Analysis, Art House Film, Extreme Cinema, Cinema and Television, Extreme Asian Cinema, Tartan Asia Extreme, Arthouse, Cult, Experimental and Avant Garde Film, Post-war Japanese Cinema, Japanese Horror Cinema, J-horror, Extreme Film, Fukasaku Kinji, Miike Takashi, and Tartan Films
A short paper exploring the notion of genre in Nakahira Kô's Crazed Fruit, focusing on representations of youth culture, gender roles, and sexuality in post-war Japanese cinema.
Research Interests: Japanese Studies, Gender Studies, Film Studies, Film Theory, Genre studies, and 21 moreMasculinity Studies, Film Analysis, Gender and Sexuality, Film Genre, Japanese Cinema, Youth Culture, Masculinity, Genre Theory, Film Aesthetics, Taiyozoku and Japanese new wave, Film and Media Studies, Genre Analysis, Youth Cinema, Japanese Youth, Japanese New Wave (“Nuberu Bagu”), Post-war Japanese Cinema, Taiyozoku, Nakahira Kô, Kô Nakahira, Crazed Fruit, and Taiyōzoku
A paper which discusses Kurosawa Akira's use of traditional Japanese archetypes, Hollywood codes of representation, and his own original style elements in one sequence of Yojimbo.
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A paper which analyses the relationship between music and identity, examining the genres of riot grrrl and heavy metal.
Research Interests: Sociology, Music, Music Education, Music History, Gender Studies, and 21 moreSelf and Identity, Popular Music, Social Identity, Masculinity Studies, Identity (Culture), Masculinity, Sociology of Music, Feminism, Constructions of femininity, Femininity, Music and Gender, Identity, Hegemonic Masculinity, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal Music, Riot Grrl, Fashion, Music Fans, Gender Identity and Consumption Practices, Women, Gender, and Sexuality In Music Study and History, and Popular Music and gender
A paper which analyses the significance of the relationship between employment and masculinity in post-war Japanese society, examining the hegemonic masculinity of the sarariiman (salaryman), and the alternative masculinities of furītā... more
A paper which analyses the significance of the relationship between employment and masculinity in post-war Japanese society, examining the hegemonic masculinity of the sarariiman (salaryman), and the alternative masculinities of furītā (part-time or casual workers), male shufu (homemakers), and unemployed men.