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14. Matsumoto Katsuji: Modern Tomboys and Early Shōjo Manga

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Erschienen in: Women’s Manga in Asia and Beyond

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter looks at how this seminal figure in prewar Japanese girls’ culture responded to discourses about proper femininity in the early Shōwa period (1926–45). It shows how Matsumoto sourced positively from Hollywood and the flapper-type moga (‘modern girl’) to craft models of athletic and assertive girlhood that differs starkly from the wispy, homoerotic figures that traditionally dominate narratives of early shōjo culture.

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Titel: Matsumoto Katsuji: Modern Tomboys and Early Shōjo Manga
verfasst von: Ryan Holmberg
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Women’s Manga in Asia and Beyond
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-97228-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-97229-9

Copyright-Jahr: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97229-9_14