What’s So Great About <i>GTO</i> ?: Evolving Discourses of Japanese Masculinity in <i>Great Teacher Onizuka</i>

2023/03/25 by Aiden James Kosciesza, Fabienne Darling‐Wolf · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Asian Culture and Media Studies #Japanese History and Culture #Media, Gender, and Advertising

paper · doi:10.1177/15274764231162890

openalex publication_date 2023/03/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26

Abstract

This paper explores evolving discourses of masculinity in the Japanese socio-cultural context through a textual analysis of two live-action television adaptations of Great Teacher Onizuka ( GTO ), a popular manga. Broadcast respectively in 1998, one year after the onset of the Asian Financial Crisis, and 2012, one year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the two shows provide a unique opportunity to examine the disruption and/or reconfiguration of hegemonic discourses around gender in their respective historical moments.

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