Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls' Comics Artists and Fans

by James Welker

Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls' Comics Artists and Fans examines three dynamic and overlapping communities of women and adolescent girls who challenged Japanese gender and sexual norms in the 1970s and 1980s. These spheres encompassed activists in the ūman ribu (women's liberation) movement, members of the rezubian (lesbian) community, and artists and readers of queer shōjo manga (girls'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824872681
• ISBN13: 9780824872687
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"