Age of Shojo: The Emergence, Evolution, and Power of Japanese Girls' Magazine Fiction

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Examines the role that Japanese girls’ magazine culture played during the twentieth century in the creation and use of the notion of shōjo, the cultural identity of adolescent Japanese girls. Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Previously Published Journal Articles A Note on Japanese Names Introduction Shōjo Narrative Study Summary of Chapters 1 Shōfujin (Little Women): Re-creating Jo for the Female Audience in Meiji Japan Good Wife, Wise Mother Ideology in Shōfujin Introduction of the Idea of Western Home and Women’s Roles Transformation of Jo into Takashi 2 Shōjo sekai (Girls’ World): The Formation of Girls’ Magazine Culture and the Emergence of “Scribbling Girls” Creation of Girls’ Magazines From Didacticism to Sentimentalism in Girls’ Stories Formation of Girls’ Community 3 Yoshiya Nobuko and Kitagawa Chiyo: Fiction by and for Girls The Flowery World of Hana monogatari by Yoshiya Nobuko Hana monogatari’s Motif, Tone, and Language Resistance against Social Reality and Cultural Conventions End of Shōjo World Kitagawa Chiyo’s Stories on Marginalized Girls Kitagawa Chiyo as a Socialist Writer Crossing the Border of Class Subverting the World of Hana monogatari 4 Shōjo Feminism in Semi-autobiographical Stories by Yoshiya Nobuko and Morita Tama Yoshiya Nobuko’s Yaneura no nishojo Attic as Girls’ Space Yoshiya’s Shōjo Feminism Yoshiya’s Development as a Writer Morita Tama’s Ishikari Otome Portrayal of a Realistic Adolescent Girl Fate of a Domestic Daughter Development as Shōjo and Otome 5 Shōjo no tomo (Girls’ Friend): Conflicting Ideals of Girls on the Home Front Golden Age of Shōjo no Tomo Government Media Restrictions and Girls’ Stories Yoshiya’s Wartime Message Creating Patriotic Shōjo 6 Himawari (Sunflower): Reimagining Shōjo during the Occupation Period Girls’ Magazines, GHQ/SCAP, and the Development of New Japan Home as Girls’ Space in Himawari Hana to kosuzu and the End of Himawari 7 Himuro Saeko’s Shōjo Heroines from Heian to Shōwa The Emergence of Junia Shōsetsu Age of Women Za chenji: Performing Gender Nante suteki ni japanesuku: Feminization of Heian Heroes Himuro’s Shōjo Literature 8 Tanabe Seiko and the Age of Shōjo Tanabe Seiko as a “Scribbling Girl” Aged Women’s Reality in the Ubazakari Series Tanabe Seiko and the Age of Women Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index