纯洁业:乌玛博物馆美德比中的马、偶像和情感经济

IF 0.3 4区文学 Q3 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Configurations Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.1353/con.2023.a899691

L. Chu

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摘要：本论文以“马女郎”为中心，以赛马为原型，将人物拟人化，探讨了偶像与赛车产业在《乌玛舞姬》中的融合。我研究了该系列如何在“情感经济”中结合偶像表演和赛马饲养的特点，吸引观众的情感和财务投资，同时强调其通过我称之为“净化”的过程调和矛盾的纯洁概念的策略。“本文利用特许经营权批判日本赛车和偶像行业的帝国和优生学遗产，并展示了科学、帝国和娱乐之间的复杂纠缠。

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Industries of Purity: Horses, Idols, and Affective Economy in Uma Musume Pretty Derby

ABSTRACT:This paper scrutinizes the confluence of idol and racing industries in Uma Musume Pretty Derby, a Japanese multimedia franchise centering on "horse girls," anthropomorphized characters based on racehorses. I study how the franchise elicits audience's emotional and financial investment by combining features of idol performance and racehorse breeding in an "affective economy," while highlighting its strategy to reconcile the contradictory concepts of purity through a process I call "purification." This paper uses the franchise to critically engage the imperial and eugenic legacies in the racing and idol industries of Japan, and demonstrates the complicated entanglement between science, empire, and entertainment.

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Configurations Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory

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期刊介绍： Configurations explores the relations of literature and the arts to the sciences and technology. Founded in 1993, the journal continues to set the stage for transdisciplinary research concerning the interplay between science, technology, and the arts. Configurations is the official publication of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA).