Reenvisioning ‘Women’ in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Queer Manga Artists and Fans
Dr. James Welker Professor, Department of Cross-Cultural Studies, Kanagawa University, Yokohama
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Anheuser-Busch Hall Room 103
Open to the Public
In this talk, Dr. Welker will introduce topics from his new book, which examines these communities and their cultural import. Dr. Welker is a globally renowned scholar of gender and sexuality in postwar and contemporary Japan. He is the editor or author of numerous books and special journal issues in both English and Japanese on Boys Love manga, Japanese sexualities, and Japanese feminisms. His most recent book is Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls’ Comics Artists and Fans (Hawai‘i, 2024).
Sponsored by Ei’ichi Shibusawa-Seigo Arai Professorship in Japanese Studies and UMSL Global