International Perspectives on Shojo and Shojo Manga: The Influence of Girl Culture (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)

This collaborative book explores the artistic and aesthetic development of shojo, or girl, manga and discusses the significance of both shojo manga and the concept of shojo, or girl culture. It features contributions from manga critics, educators, and researchers from both manga’s home country of Japan and abroad, looking at shojo and shojo manga’s influence both locally and globally. Finally, it presents original interviews of shojo manga-ka, or artists, who discuss their work and their views on this distinct type of popular visual culture. International Perspectives on Shojo and Shojo Manga 2 Contents 10 List of Figures and Table 14 Acknowledgments 18 Introduction 20 Part I Local Perspectives of Shojo and Shojo Manga Historical€Components 26 1 Power of Shojo Manga 28 2 Shojo Manga and Its Acceptance 42 3 Sailor-Moon! The Treasure Box All the Girls Want 51 4 The Cute Little Girl Living in the Imagined Japanese Past 59 5 Autism and Manga 69 6 Queer Readings of BL 83 Part II Global Perspectives on Shojo and Shojo Manga New Approaches 94 7 Stories by Female Comic Artists in Southeast Asia 96 8 Between the Shojo Kyara and the Modern Man 106 9 Miyazaki’s View of Shojo 120 10 Beautiful, Meaningful, and Powerful 128 11 Revisiting Manga High 139 Part III 150 12 Profile and Interview with Fusanosuke Natsume 152 13 Profile and Interview with Tomoko Yamada 156 14 Profile and Interview with Masako€Watanabe 163 15 Profile and Interview with Leiji (Akira) Matsumoto 171 16 Profile and Interview with Hideko€Mizuno 179 17 Profile and Interview with Miyako€Maki 187 18 Profile and Interview with Machiko€Satonaka 194 19 Profile and Interview with Yukari€Ichijo 201 20 Profile and Interview with Suzue€Miuchi 209 21 Profile and Interview with Keiko Takemiya 216 22 Profile and Interview with Moto Hagio 224 23 Profile and Interview with Fusako Kuramochi 232 24 Profile and Interview with Shio Sato 239 25 Profile and Interview with Reiko Okano 245 Contributors 252 Glossary 258 Index 262 The Influence of Girl Culture