Silence of the schoolgirls : death and the Japanese schoolgirl in contemporary US pop culture

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dc.contributor.advisorStalker, Nancy K., 1962-
dc.creatorDeLassus, Danaen
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-03T18:44:10Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:34:16Z
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:34:16Z
dc.date.issued2013-08en
dc.date.submittedAugust 2013en
dc.date.updated2013-10-03T18:44:10Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores images of the Japanese schoolgirl as accessory to the Occidental Self in contemporary Orientalist pop culture in the US. In an analysis of a series of images by four different Western pop culture artists, each artist expresses an appreciation for Japan that is based primarily on their encounter with Japanese pop culture. Furthermore, they express identification with the Japanese Other and a desire to introject into Japanese subjectivities. However, lacking the material body needed for full immersion or identification with the Other, they produce the Japanese schoolgirl as an accessory to the Self. The accessory provides false immersion or identification with the Japanese Other. In this way, the Japanese schoolgirl becomes the embodiment of Japanese pop culture and an object for Western fetishization.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/21422en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.subjectGendered Orientalismen
dc.subjectJapanese pop cultureen
dc.subjectJapanese schoolgirlen
dc.subjectGwen Stefanien
dc.subjectQuentin Tarantinoen
dc.subjectKaty Perryen
dc.subjectTokidokien
dc.subjectSimone Legnoen
dc.titleSilence of the schoolgirls : death and the Japanese schoolgirl in contemporary US pop cultureen

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