DOI-BENSON ANYA
Center for Global Education and Japanese Studies
Associate Professor
Last Updated :2024/06/16

Researcher Profile and Settings

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

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