Colón Vélez, Charlotte J.

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Gender performativity in Japanese animation
(2018) Colón Vélez, Charlotte J.; Irizarry Rodríguez, José M.; College of Arts and Sciences – Art; Vicente Vélez, Nancy Vanessa; Haydock, Nickolas; Department of English; Morales Payan, Jose P.
In this thesis anime is studied as a cultural text and, when analyzed, demonstrates through its characters culture’s fabrication of gender. This thesis also explores how Japanese anime, as a transcultural popular culture product, can be studied as a cultural industries text. By doing so anime can be analyzed as a text and explored through critical theories, such as feminism and gender theories. More so, how each character through their gendered acts, depicts the performativity of gender. Furthermore, Japanese culture depicts within its performing arts having a wide arrange of personas who are known for their gender fluidity and androgyny. This acceptance of gender fluid characters is reflected within cultural products, such as anime. Lastly, one can see the impact of society and cultures norms on gender roles, via anime as a cultural product of Japan.