Breaking Binaries: Transgressing Sexualities in Japanese Animation

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Breaking Binaries: Transgressing Sexualities in Japanese Animation

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As a visual medium that articulates all genres of fiction, from children’s card games to extreme pornography, Japanese animation, better known simply as ‘anime’, is an art form that has gained international recognition among both academics and passionate devotees. The central purpose of this thesis is to closely examine representations of sexuality in mainstream adult anime – in this context, non-pornographic anime primarily aimed at teenagers and adults – and to interrogate the main themes a...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2012

Creator

Gibbs, Christy Rebecca Sally

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6746

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Anime / sexuality / cultural / gender representation / Butler / Collingwood / imaginative space / yaoi / Evangelion / Sailor Moon / Razor Ramon / Ghost in the Shell / Chobits / Gundam / Bubblegum Crisis / Loveless / Junjo Romantica / Kyou Kara Maou / Ouran High School Host Club / Papa to Kiss in the Dark / RapeLay / Speed Grapher / Perfect Blue

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