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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2021.19.9.289

A review of gender discourse in the Ghibli animation "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya"  

Kim, Ye-Eun (Digital Contents, Kyung Hee University)
Kim, Soong-Hyun (Digital Contents, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.19, no.9, 2021 , pp. 289-297 More about this Journal
Abstract
Animation is a media reflecting social ideas, not only conveying information but also creating a new discourse. The purpose of this paper is to examine the social issues and gender discourse reflected in the media by analyzing the gender discourse inherent in the protagonist and surrounding characters, narrative characteristics, and background of the Ghibli animation "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya". As a research method for this purpose, figure out social problems related to gender performance, and analyze prior researches to derive a connection with the gender discourse in the animation. Grandfather is symbolic of a father who forces his daughter to follow his chosen happiness, and grandmother represents a mother who can not stop her husband. Stemaru is the character not in the original, posing a question of the problem of gender performance while failing to get married due to lack of sufficient wealth and honor. Princess Kaguya had been self-reliant and active like a modern woman at the beginning of the story. However, after being suppressed by society and people around her, the stereotyped gender performance forced Kaguya, who longed for the earth, to wish to return to the moon. Such social pressure happens in modern society. Gender performance is a systemic problem to be solved with systemic change. For this reason, constant consideration such as this paper is needed.
Keywords
animation film of Ghibli; gender discourse; gender performance; social issues; social conception;
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