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Supernatural monsters and neo-Victorian detectives : capitalism, rationality and affect in Japanese girls’ comics
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Loh, Waiyee (2016) Supernatural monsters and neo-Victorian detectives : capitalism, rationality and affect in Japanese girls’ comics. Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 52 (4). pp. 464-480. doi:10.1080/17449855.2016.1228265
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2016.1228265
Abstract
Detective fiction was introduced to Japanese readers in the 19th century, together with the idea that the rationality detectives embody is an ideal for Japan to emulate. This article examines Yuki Kaori’s Count Cain series, a neo-Victorian Japanese girls’ comic (shōjo manga) that references the Sherlock Holmes stories and the wider genre of the detective mystery. The Count Cain series both supports and challenges the idealization of western rationality. It raises doubts about the ability of western rationality to resolve the social disorder engendered by the development of industrial capitalism and mass consumer culture in Japan since the early 20th century. The text thereby articulates a contradictory desire to both emulate the west and assert Japaneseness, which has characterized Japan’s encounter with the west since the 19th century.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Detective and mystery stories, Japanese, Yūki, Kaori -- Criticism and interpretation, Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan, Monsters in literature | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Postcolonial Writing | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1744-9863 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2016 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 June 2018 | ||||||||
| Volume: | 52 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 464-480 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/17449855.2016.1228265 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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