ヨシダ カオリ   YOSHIDA Kaori   吉田 香織    所属   立命館アジア太平洋大学  アジア太平洋学部    職種   教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2008/08
形態種別	論文（その他）
査読	査読あり
標題	Animation and ‘Otherness’: The Politics of Gender, Racial and Ethnic Identity in the World of Japanese Anime
執筆形態	単著
掲載誌名	PhD dissertation
概要	This dissertation looks at representations in the fantasy world of Japanese animation, known as anime, and conceptualizes how media representations contribute both visually and narratively to articulating or re-articulating cultural “otherness” to establish one’s own subjectivity. In so doing, this study combines textual and discourse analyses, taking perspectives of cultural studies, gender theory, and postcolonial theory, which allow us to unpack complex mechanisms of gender, racial/ethnic, and national identity constructions. I analyze tropes for identity articulation in a select group of Disney folktale-saga style animations, and compare them with those in anime directed by Miyazaki Hayao. While many critics argue that the fantasy world of animation recapitulates the Western anglo-phallogocentric construction of the “other,” as is often encouraged by mainstream Hollywood films, my analyses reveal more complex mechanisms that put Disney animation in a different light. Note: PhD dissertation for University of British Columbia