@article{752366,
      recid = {752366},
      author = {Anan, Nobuko,},
      title = {Contemporary Japanese women's theatre and visual arts  performing girls' aesthetics / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {"This book explores the concept of 'girls' aesthetics, '  where adult Japanese women create art works about 'girls'  that resist motherhood. It traces their beginnings in  homoerotic novels about schoolgirls around the 1910s and  their later expression in early 'Boys' Love' (BL) manga in  the 1970s. The aesthetics are also manifested in  contemporary theater and dance performances both in  avant-garde and popular theater groups (e.g., Takarazuka)  as well as in cult films. 'Girls' aesthetics' are distinct  from the well-known 'kawaii' (cute) culture and  contemporary art theories that emphasize the child-like  nature of Japanese arts. The book situates these aesthetics  within a history of Japanese performance and visual arts  during the modern and contemporary period and links them to  historical events such as the violent 1960s leftist  movements, the 1970s women's liberation movements, and the  post-war Japan-US relationship. The aesthetics provide an  alternative to Western approaches for theorizing women  within feminist theory. This is an important book for  scholars and upper-level students of international  performance and Japanese studies"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/752366},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137372987},
}