Rampant Lechers, Chaste Heroes. (De-)Sexualised Violence in Comic book Screen Adaptations
Violence is a central element of comic book screen adaptations in both Hollywood (Marvel, DC) and Japan. Yet while sexual violence is openly shown in film versions of manga, coded sexualised violence dominates Western productions. Positively connoted protagonists exercise violence, but no sexualised...
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| description | Violence is a central element of comic book screen adaptations in both Hollywood (Marvel, DC) and Japan. Yet while sexual violence is openly shown in film versions of manga, coded sexualised violence dominates Western productions. Positively connoted protagonists exercise violence, but no sexualised or sexual violence, in both groups. Conversely, villains are characterised by violence and some form of sexually grounded violence, but in Western films, they are ultimately repressed lechers, and only in Japanese productions do they rampantly lose their inhibitory control. Moreover,the heroes of Japanese films are noticeably less chaste than the almost asceticcelibate romantics of Marvel and DC. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-634882022-02-11T15:09:36Z Rampant Lechers, Chaste Heroes. (De-)Sexualised Violence in Comic book Screen Adaptations Theresia Heimerl Violence is a central element of comic book screen adaptations in both Hollywood (Marvel, DC) and Japan. Yet while sexual violence is openly shown in film versions of manga, coded sexualised violence dominates Western productions. Positively connoted protagonists exercise violence, but no sexualised or sexual violence, in both groups. Conversely, villains are characterised by violence and some form of sexually grounded violence, but in Western films, they are ultimately repressed lechers, and only in Japanese productions do they rampantly lose their inhibitory control. Moreover,the heroes of Japanese films are noticeably less chaste than the almost asceticcelibate romantics of Marvel and DC. 2021-02-12T10:27:05Z 2021-02-12T10:27:05Z 2020-09-03 11:43:51 2017 chapter 47037 2414-0201 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/63488 eng Journal for Religion, Film and Media image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://www.schueren-verlag.de/programm/titel/559-drawn-stories-moving-images-jrfm-1-2017.html https://jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/79 Schüren Verlag Drawn Stories, Moving Images. Comic Books and their Screen Adaptations 5b80c228-3393-4862-a8e9-6c35a63484f1 cc960d70-3fb0-4059-b5a8-cb973322114e 45-57 open access |
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