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Meiji at 150

Dr. Deborah Shamoon (National University of Singapore) Shamoon, Deborah; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Shamoon redraws depictions of the shōjo, or adolescent women, in Japanese cultural production in the Meiji and Taishō period, drawing connections between literature and new understandings of adolescent women’s roles in society. We discuss the emergence of new types of female characters in Meiji literature by Futabatei Shimei, Miyake Kaho, and Mori Ōgai, views of teenage girls as threatening in works by Tayama Katai and Tanizaki Junichirō, and changes in shōjo culture as seen in shōjo manga and the popularity of Misora Hibari in the postwar.

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Title
Dr. Deborah Shamoon (National University of Singapore)
Alternate Title
Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 87
Creator
Shamoon, Deborah; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued
2019-01-18
Description
In this episode, Dr. Shamoon redraws depictions of the shōjo, or adolescent women, in Japanese cultural production in the Meiji and Taishō period, drawing connections between literature and new understandings of adolescent women’s roles in society. We discuss the emergence of new types of female characters in Meiji literature by Futabatei Shimei, Miyake Kaho, and Mori Ōgai, views of teenage girls as threatening in works by Tayama Katai and Tanizaki Junichirō, and changes in shōjo culture as seen in shōjo manga and the popularity of Misora Hibari in the postwar.
Subject
Meiji period, 1868-1912; shojo culture; women's social position; literary studies; adolescence; pop culture
Geographic Location
Japan
Type
Sound
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0415980
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81973
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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