On defining "yuri"

Authors

  • Erica Friedman Independent Scholar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2017.0831

Keywords:

LGBT community, Japan, Publishing, Social Media

Abstract

The term yuri, referring to lesbian-themed Japanese animation and comics, is both descriptive and divisive, shaped by creators and industry and by different audiences within fandom. The story of yuri is the story of a genre driven forward and backward between conflicting requirements and heterogeneous audiences.

Lexa as a haloed saint, with social media icons surrounding her

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Published

2017-06-15

Issue

Vol. 24 (2017)

Section

Symposium

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