Interview with Yoshiko Okuyama
From Asian Ethnology Podcast by Asian Ethnology
August 24, 2020 · 22 min
About this episode
Yoshiko Okuyama discusses her monograph on disability representations in manga.
In this episode Yoshiko Okuyama talks about her most recent monograph, Reframing Disability in Manga (University of Hawai'i Press, 2020). Okuyama explains that her work examines representations of disabled people in manga serialized throughout the 1990s and 2000s, focusing on portrayals of deaf, blind, paraplegic, and autistic individuals, as well as those with gender dysphoria. Bookman asks Okuyama about the history behind her project and the logic that guided her decision-making regarding specific manga titles and disability identities. The two also unpack the contributions of Reframing Disability for scholars of gender, disability, and manga.
People in this episode
Guest: Yoshiko Okuyama
Topics covered
- disability representation
- manga
- gender dysphoria
- autism
- cultural studies
Keywords
- disability
- manga
- Yoshiko Okuyama
- gender dysphoria
- autism
- paraplegic
- deaf
- blind
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Hawai'i Press
Books & works: Reframing Disability in Manga
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