Gothic Doubling and Fractured Identity in Shōjo Manga: Yuki Kaori’s Angel Sanctuary

IF 0.2 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Tosha R. Taylor
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Despite enjoying a global fandom in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Yuki Kaori’s manga series Angel Sanctuary (1994–2000) has received little consideration in studies of the Gothic. Yet the manga presents Gothic scholars with rich opportunities for locating manga, and particularly shōjo (young girls’) manga, within its own Gothic tradition. Steeped in global religious imagery, Angel Sanctuary uses incest, genderbending, and fractured identities to explore trauma and to critique the cross-cultural hegemonies that produce it. This essay considers the relationship between the Gothic and gendered identity in Japanese girls’ comics and investigates its manifestations in the manga’s depictions of incest, twins, and traumatic formations of the doppelgänger. In doing so, the essay locates Yuki’s work alongside the Female Gothic and argues for the increased inclusion of manga in Gothic scholarship.
正传漫画中的哥特式双重身份与破碎身份:结城香织的《天使圣殿
尽管结城香织的漫画系列《天使圣域》(1994-2000 年)在 20 世纪 90 年代末和 21 世纪初风靡全球,但在哥特式研究中却鲜有涉及。然而,这部漫画为哥特学者提供了丰富的机会,使他们可以将漫画,尤其是少女漫画,纳入自己的哥特传统之中。天使圣域》充满了全球宗教意象,它利用乱伦、性别弯曲和破碎的身份来探索创伤,并批判产生创伤的跨文化霸权。这篇文章探讨了日本少女漫画中哥特式与性别身份之间的关系,并研究了哥特式在漫画中对乱伦、双胞胎和二重身创伤形成的描述。在此过程中,文章将 Yuki 的作品与女性哥特式作品相提并论,并主张将漫画更多地纳入哥特式学术研究。
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Gothic Studies
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期刊介绍: The official journal of the International Gothic Association considers the field of Gothic studies from the eighteenth century to the present day. Gothic Studies opens a forum for dialogue and cultural criticism, and provides a specialist journal for scholars working in a field which is today taught or researched in academic institutions around the globe. The journal invites contributions from scholars working within any period of the Gothic; interdisciplinary scholarship is especially welcome, as are studies of works across the range of media, beyond the written word.
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