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- Title
Space, Body, and Aliens in Japanese Women's Science Fiction.
- Authors
Mari, Kotani
- Abstract
Women's sf in Japan contains many depictions and expressions of the body. This paper will focus on three themes in particular in a number of works in order to examine the history of Japanese women's sf: A) The Utopia of Women: Suzuki Izumi ("The World of Women and Women"), Hikawa Reiko ("Women Warriors Efera and Jiriora"), Matsuo Yumi ("The Murders of Balloontown"), and Arai Motoko ("Tigris and Euphrates"); B) The Transformation of Women into Monsters: Hagio Moto ("Star Red"), Yamao Yuko ("The City Where Dreams Live"), Ohara Mariko ("Hybrid Child"), Shinoda Setsuko ("Gosainthan"), and Shôno Yoriko ("The Development of my Mother"); C) The Alteration of Masculinity: Kurimoto Kaoru ("The Guin Saga"), Satô Aki ("The Travels of Balthazar"), and Takano Fumio ("Vaslaf").
- Subjects
JAPAN; WOMEN science fiction authors; JAPANESE science fiction; FEMINISM &; literature
- Publication
Science Fiction Studies, 2002, Vol 29, Issue 3, p397
- ISSN
0091-7729
- Publication type
Literary Criticism