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ТЕЛО У ЈАПАНСКОЈ АНИМАЦИЈИ
THE BODY IN JAPANESE ANIMATION

Author(s): Bojan Žikić
Subject(s): Anthropology, Gender Studies, Visual Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Институт за етнологију и антропологију
Keywords: body; Japan; animation; identity; gender; feminity; masculinity;

Summary/Abstract: The representation of the body in Japanese animation, namely cartoons, is discussed in terms of connoting a distinct cultural identity - primarily gender identity. Characters and situations in ten cartoons are analyzed, representing two basic manners of using identity: fixation and transgression.

  • Issue Year: 7/2007
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 82-98
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian