Researcher Profile and Settings

researchmap

https://researchmap.jp/anyabenson

Research Interests

• 少女文化
• 子供の文化
• 現代日本のメディア
• メディア文化
• Nostalgia
• Transnational media
• Girls' cultures
• Media merchandising
• Japanese media
• Visual media
• Children's cultures
• Children's media

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore / Media Studies

Research Experience

• Doshisha University, Center of Global Education, 2021/04 - Today
• Chuo University, Faculty of Policy Studies, 2016/04 - 2021/03

Published Papers

• The assimilated secret: Understanding as silence in Japanese LGBT discourse
  Anya Doi-Benson
  The Communication Review, Informa UK Limited, 27(1) 78 - 106, 04 Sep. 2023, Scientific journal
  

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• Lonely Just Like You: The Logic of Distance in Japanese Diversity Guidebooks
  Anya Benson
  Electronic journal of contemporary Japanese studies, 22(3), Dec. 2022
  

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• Feeling the future: 'Wonder Woman' discourse and the demands of media response
  Anya Benson
  Feminist Media Studies, Informa UK Limited, 1 - 16, 06 Jul. 2022, Scientific journal
  

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• Recipes for textual engagement: Accessing aspiration in girls’ character-based events
  Anya C. Benson
  Creative Industries Journal, Informa UK Limited, 1 - 15, 22 Jun. 2021, Scientific journal
  

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• Becoming Purikyua: Building the lifestyle-text in Japanese girls’ franchises
  Anya C. Benson
  Contemporary Japan, Informa UK Limited, 31(1) 61 - 78, 02 Jan. 2019, Scientific journal
  

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• Loss in the Land of Toys: Purikyua and the marketing of childhood nostalgia
  Anya Benson
  Japanese Journal of Policy and Culture, 26 31 - 44, Mar. 2018, Research institution
• The utopia of suburbia: The unchanging past and limitless future in Doraemon
  Anya Benson
  Japan Forum, Informa UK Limited, 27(2) 235 - 256, 03 Apr. 2015, Scientific journal
  

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Books etc

• Everybody hurts: transitions, endings, and resurrections in fan cultures
  Williams, Rebecca
  University of Iowa Press, May 2018, Contributor, 'The Repurposed Fantasy: Dōjinshi and the Japanese Media Mix’, pages 127–138

Presentations

• Longing, solitude, and FAQs: Teaching LGBTQ in Japanese diversity guidebooks
  Asian Studies Conference Japan, 02 Jul. 2022, 02 Jul. 2022, 03 Jul. 2022, Oral presentation

Teaching Experience

• Humanities and Global Issues: Media Across Borders
• Issues in Japanese Culture: Transmitting Tradition
• Advanced Seminar 1: Media and Participation
  Doshisha University
• Introduction to Japanese Culture in the Global Context: Images of Japan
  Doshisha University
• Issues in Japanese Culture: Politics of Ruin and Renewal
  Doshisha University
• Humanities and Global Issues: National and Transnational Media
  Doshisha University
• Children’s and YA Media: An Introduction
  Chuo University
• Global Media Industries
  Chuo University
• Learning Through Media
  Chuo University
• Panics and Potential in the Media
  Chuo University
• Advanced English: Introduction to Media Studies
  Chuo University
• Nostalgia and Contemporary Cultures
  Chuo University