Jingai Characters in Japanese Popular Culture and Their Function as Proxies for Representing and Questioning Otherness

Escande, Jessy

doi:https://doi.org/10.18910/89120

Jingai Characters in Japanese Popular Culture and Their Function as Proxies for Representing and Questioning Otherness

Escande, Jessy

Proceedings of International Seminar 2021 : Coping with the “New Normal” and the Promotion of International Exchange, 2022, 31-39

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タイトル	Jingai Characters in Japanese Popular Culture and Their Function as Proxies for Representing and Questioning Otherness
著者	著者名 Escande, Jessy
抄録	The present paper takes an interest in jingai characters as a metamotif encompassing a wide array of nonhuman characters, the modern jingai genre that makes use of the motifs, and their relationship with human protagonists. Despite their often-emphasized entertainment value and eroticization, jingai titles chiefly revolve around questioning the relationship between the self and the Other in a society that still values homogeneity and conformism. We will see not just how declinations of otherness are approached through a variety of jingai archetypes, but also how they can be used to bypass taboos that are often related to the expectations of conformism. Two of the genre’s recurring themes are sexuality– notably, taboo female homosexuality and sexual education–and the place of foreigners in a society that is still very ethnically homogeneous; however, the genre is not limited to these two, and while societal inquests are a core aspect, we will also need to underscore the liminal relationship between this function and the genre’s eroticized, sometimes pornographic, aspects. While an insufficient exploration of the genre, this paper constitutes its first overview in academia.
出版者	International Affairs Office, School of Letters/Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University
収録物名	Proceedings of International Seminar 2021 : Coping with the “New Normal” and the Promotion of International Exchange
ページ	31-39
刊行年月	2022-07
言語	英語
ハンドルURL	https://hdl.handle.net/11094/89120
DOI	https://doi.org/10.18910/89120
関連情報 (isIdenticalTo)	ISBN 978-4-908326-10-3
アクセス権	open access
出版タイプ	Version of Record
カテゴリ	会議発表論文 Conference Paper
カテゴリ	Coping with the “New Normal” and the Promotion of International Exchange

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