Gender and Power in the Japanese Visual Field

Published by University of Hawaii Press 2003

Gender and Power in the Japanese Visual Field

Edited by: Joshua S. Mostow , Norman Bryson and Maribeth Graybill

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824841577

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In this, the first collection in English of feminist-oriented research on Japanese art and visual culture, an international group of scholars examines representations of women in a wide range of visual work. The volume begins with Chino Kaori's now-classic essay "Gender in Japanese Art," which introduced feminist theory to Japanese art. This is followed by a closer look at a famous thirteenth-century battle scroll and the production of bijin (beautiful women) prints within the world of Edo-period advertising. A rare homoerotic picture-book is used to extrapolate the "grammar of desire" as represented in late seventeenth-century Edo.

In the modern period, contributors consider the introduction to Meiji Japan of the Western nude and oil-painting and examine Nihonga (Japanese-style painting) and the role of one of its famous artists. The book then shifts its focus to an examination of paintings produced for the Japanese-sponsored annual salons held in colonial Korea.

The postwar period comes under scrutiny in a study of the novel Woman in the Dunes and its film adaptation. The critical discourse that surrounded women artists of the late twentieth-century--the "Super Girls of Art"--is analyzed, followed by a consideration of gender ambiguity and cross-gender identification in contemporary anime and manga.

Contributors: Grunhild Borggreen, Norman Bryson, Chino Kaori, Doris Croissant, Ikeda Shinobu, Kim Hye-shin, Chigusa Kimura-Steven, Joshua S. Mostow, Sharalyn Orbaugh, David Pollack.

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Mostow Joshua S. :

Joshua S. Mostow is professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
1. Introduction Joshua S. Mostow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Gender in Japanese Art Chino Kaori Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
3. The Image of Women in Battle Scenes: “Sexually” Imprinted Bodies Ikeda Shinobu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
4. The Gender of Wakashu and the Grammar of Desire Joshua S. Mostow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
5. Marketing Desire: Advertising and Sexuality in Edo Literature, Drama, and Art David Pollack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
6.Westernizing Bodies: Women, Art, and Power in Meiji Yāga Norman Bryson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
7. Icons of Femininity: Japanese National Painting and the Paradox of Modernity Doris Croissant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
8. Images of Women in National Art Exhibitions during the Korean Colonial Period Kim Hyeshin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
9. The Otherness of Women in the Avant-Garde Film Woman in the Dunes Chigusa Kimura-Steven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
10. Gender in Contemporary Japanese Art Gunhild Borggreen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
11. Busty Battlin’ Babes: The Evolution of the Shōjo in 1990s Visual Culture Sharalyn Orbaugh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Other: 108 illus., 8 in color

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Published: May 31, 2003
ISBN: 9780824841577