'Shojo culture has excelled in its potential for creating emptiness as Banana Yoshimoto is influenced by Shojo/Manga culture in her writing would it be fair to say that the content of her novella 'Kitchen' is also empty. Discuss

This essay hasn't yet been marked by one of our teachers

You can view all our essays on Anthropology that have been Marked by Teachers

The first 200 words of this essay...

'Shojo culture has excelled in its potential for creating emptiness as Banana Yoshimoto is influenced by Shojo/Manga culture in her writing would it be fair to say that the content of her novella 'Kitchen' is also empty. Discuss.

Shojo culture is becoming more popular, and in Yoshimoto's work this is evident. She incorporates many ideas from Shojo culture in her novella Kitchen - a girl's refusal to grow up; her rebellion against sexual maturity. Shojo represents pleasure and play. Even though there are traces of innocence and sexual immaturity in her novella, I don't think it is fair to go so far as to say that her work is 'empty'.

Yoshimoto is very much influenced by Shojo culture in her novella Kitchen. However, it wouldn't be fair to say that the content of her novella 'Kitchen' is also empty. There are some aspects of Shojo culture that are empty but there are also positive aspects of Shojo. Girls can learn how to be lovable for men from Manga and some Manga can even be seen as serious literature. Some people say that Shojo is empty because it for men and they see the Shojo as an object for