Walk Feminine, Talk Feminine:A Critical Textual Analysis of Femininities,Performances, and Representations

In this study I examine the multiple ways in which femininity is performed and how those performances intersect with race/ethnicity, class, and sexuality in the anime Bleach and Samurai Champloo. I also interrogate the implications of these performances in relation to hegemonic discourses of Japanese femininity in the U.S. as submissive, deferent, incompetent, and domestic. As I explain in this document many performances of femininity reinforce this Orientalist ideology, however there are also performances that can alter viewers perception of femininity and offer performances of gender identity that do not conform to hegemonic norms. By doing so, anime can shape U.S. perceptions of Japanese/Asian Americans, which impacts intercultural relationships.

Name thesis:degree_name

Communication

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Communication and Journalism

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Cortes, Reslie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Eguchi, Shinsuke
• Washington, Myra
• Rodriguez, Ilia

• Queer of color
• femininity
• gender performance
• critical textual analysis
• anime
• Japan
• Intercultural media

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cj_etds/79

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:cj_etds-1078