Rewriting 3.11 and Feminization of the Countryside
National Discourses in Shinkai Makoto’s Your Name (2016)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12351972 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rie Karatsu (University of Nagasaki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 273-284 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japanese Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1037-1397 • E-ISSN: 1469-9338 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10371397.2021.1966298 |
| OpenAlex | W3198086365 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
This study analyzes national discourses on the representation of the countryside and gender in Makoto Shinkai’s anime, Your Name (2016), a fictional response to larger national policies and an imaginary resolution of post-disaster anxieties that invokes the horrors of the Great East Japan Disaster on 11 March 2011. The first section examines and contextualizes post-disaster anxieties and fears in Your Name (2016), highlighting the way in which the film espouses the national policies on recovery efforts and regional revitalization that are integrally linked to discourses on the revival of essentialist notions of Japan’s traditions and culture. The second section illustrates how these discourses are interrelated with the gendered symbolism attached to the countryside, the savior narrative structure, and memory loss motifs in the film. The results of this investigation suggest that the film’s discourses reinforce the pervasive political structure that places the interests of Tokyo above other regions and legitimatizes this structure in combination with that of gender subordination. This study offers a platform for discussion on the national discourses in post-disaster films as well as the role and function of the countryside and gender in representing the nation
Aesthetics · Art · Essentialism · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · National consciousness · National identity · Political science · Politics · Rural area · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture · Law
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |