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Gender and Sexuality in Shoujo Manga by rossanapesquisas is a document available to read on EtoBox.
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. It uses theories of Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, and Judith Halberstam to do a queer, feminist close reading of Revolutionary Girl Utena, Pet Shop of Horrors, and Angel Sanctuary. It argues that dislocating shoujo manga from their Japanese context provides a space where heteronormative constructions of gender and sexuali
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- rossanapesquisas
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- EN