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Murai, Mayako. "Guro-Kawaii Re-Envisionings of Fairy Tales in Contemporary Japanese Art." Postmodern Reinterpretations of Fairy Tales. How Applying New Methods Generates New Meanings. Ed. Anna Kérchy. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen, 2011. 145–62. Added by: joachim (7/20/20, 1:16 PM) Last edited by: joachim (7/20/20, 1:17 PM) |
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| Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English BibTeX citation key: Murai2011 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Cinderalla", "Princess Mermaid", Adaptation, Fairy tale, Gender, Horror, Intermediality, Japan, Manga, Mizuno. Junko, Sexuality, Style Creators: Kérchy, Murai Publisher: Edwin Mellen (Lewiston) Collection: Postmodern Reinterpretations of Fairy Tales. How Applying New Methods Generates New Meanings |
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Mayako Murai examines the post-feminist aesthetics of guro kawaii (grotesque cute) re-envisionings of fairy tales in contemporary Japanese women artists' work. Junko Mizuno's fairy-tale manga flaunts female sexuality in a grotesquely distorted way so as to disrupt gender stereotypes propagated by traditional tales. Miwa Yanagi's photographic recasting creates an all-female narrative space where desire is oriented towards a radical sameness. Tomoko Konoike's work, instead of retelling old stories, evokes a different narrative desire through its intensely sensuous texturisation. The fairy-tale uncanny gives the viewer freedom to explore alternative modes of desiring in a post-feminist and post-humanist age.
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