Paolo La Marca, La forza retorica dello stereotipo: ritratti di donne giapponesi nelle culture pop e nella narrativa di Liala

This article aims to deepen some aspects relating to Japanese women’s representation in some Italian pop culture products and beyond. I will try to assemble some portraits of Japanese women, through the analysis of movies, Italian songs and Italian TV programs, demonstrating the degree of social sharing, the level of generalization and the greater rigidity of some stereotypes. The central part of this study will concern the analysis of the novel, Un cuore sulla vela (A heart on the sail, 1949), by the writer Liala, a perfect example of stereotypes and exotic suggestions about Japanese women.

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