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Girls' World: How the women of the 'Year Group 24' revolutionised girls' comics in Japan in the late 1970s

Zoe Taylor

    Research output: Contribution to Specialist Publication › Magazine

    Abstract

    Exploring the societal and cultural developments that paved the way for the 'Year 24 Group' and tracing the origins of the aesthetics of shojo manga within girls' culture in Japan. Also featuring a new interview with translator Rachel Matt Thorn.
    Original language English
    Pages 34-43
    Number of pages 9
    Volume 33
    Specialist publication Varoom! The Illustration Report
    Publisher Association of Illustrators (AOI)
    Publication status Published - 1 Mar 2016

    Keywords

    • shojo
    • manga
    • comics
    • Year Group 24
    • experimental
    • narrative
    • visual
    • Moto Hagio
    • Yumiko Oshima
    • Matt Thorn
    • girls' culture
    • Japan

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