JSR 2011 [Volume XV]

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction

Volume XV Introduction

Special Section: Women and Popular Culture

Introduction. Manga, Maiko, and Aidoru: Girl Cool in Japanese Popular Culture
Jan Bardsley

Ema: The new Face of Jane Austen in Japan
Inger Sigrun Brodey

Maiko Boom: The Revival of Kyoto's Novice Geisha
Jan Bardsley

Erokakkoii: Changing Images of Female Idols in Contemporary Japan
Yuki Wantanabe

Framing the Sensual: Japanese Sexuality in Ladies' Comics
Kinko Ito

Taking Girls Seriously in "Cool Japan" Ideology
Laura Miller

Articles

Edward Said and the Japanese: British Representations of Japan in the Years Before the Sino-Japanese War
Stephen Smith

The Forgotten Script Reform: Language Policy in Japan's Armed Forces
Yuki Takatori

Featured Essay

Watsuji Tetsurō's Mask and Persona
Translated by Carl M. Johnson

Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Complete Issue

2011 Issue