2019/01/01 by Magera Yulia Aleksandrovna · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Japanese History and Culture #Spatial and Cultural Studies #Asian Culture and Media Studies #Computer science #Linguistics #Aesthetics #History #Art #Philosophy
paper · pdf · doi:10.24411/2658-6789-2019-10012
openalex publication_date 2019/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
This article discusses mainly the works of Japanese manga authors of the 1970s – Takemiya Keiko and Hagio Moto, who created the manga genre shōnen-ai (boys’ love). This manga genre, intended for female audiences and developed in Japan, had been considerably influenced by European art, especially by French literature and cinema. Such films as “This Special Friendship” (1964) or works of Jean Cocteau and other French writers formed a special aesthetics of manga about beautiful boys who love each other.