著者

松居 竜五

出版者

龍谷大学

雑誌

龍谷大学国際社会文化研究所紀要 (ISSN:18800807)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, pp.176-185, 2006-05-31

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Shoujo is a style of Japnese comics for girls and young women in their teens, which developed in the postwar period. This style, often thought to be a very peculiar one even in Japan, is now gaining popularity in the US and Europe. This paper analyzes why such a genre attracts the mind of many readers in the West and who the first generation creators of it are. It will reveal that the female teens did not have their own voice in popular culture and those who belong to the minority group are particularly interested in this genre imported from a foreign country.