2024-03-29T09:59:34Z
https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/oai
oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:02002399
2023-01-16T05:03:05Z
326:521:2363:1650244603274
Not Merely Lesbian : On a Passionate Female Friendship in Momoko Ishii’s Maboroshi no Akai Mi
「レズビアンとか何かとは違って」 : 石井桃子『幻の朱い実』における女どうしの非性的で身体的な関係性について
佐々木, 裕子
SASAKI, Yuko
クィア研究
レズビアン研究
女どうしの友情
石井桃子
『幻の朱い実』
Queer Studies
Lesbian Studies
Female Friendship
Momoko Ishii
Maboroshi no Akai Mi
This paper examines a passionate female relationship that develops in the semi-autobiographical novel Maboroshi no Akai Mi (The Illusional Red Fruit) written by Ishii Momoko in 1994, a distinguished author and translator of children’s literature. The story unfolds with two characters in its center; Akiko, modeled after Ishii herself, and Fukiko, based on Ori Fumiko who died at 33 in 1938. It depicts an intimate female friendship that defies simple definitions elicited from dichotomic concepts such as friend/lover and body/spirit. Though the beauty and passion elaborated in the story has been highly acclaimed by critics and novelists, the specificity and essence of their relationship has scarcely been analyzed from a perspective that feminism and Lesbian Studies offer. Their intimate relationship is not defined by any elements conventionally associated with sex. Instead, however irrelevant they seem to sex and love, their resonance is ascertained by sensuality experienced through daily fragments such as meals and clothes. This paper explores the process of mutual confirmations of their preferences and feelings that harness their affectionate tie. Even Akiko’s marriage does not hinder their relationship. In sharp contrast with all the scenes in which Akiko and Fumiko both appear, Akiko, who now lives in an utterly heterosexual culture, finds food tasteless and chores around the kitchen prosaic and obligating. Meanwhile, Fukiko becomes sicker and finally admits herself to a hospital. Her persistent requests to Akiko to bring her favorite food and clothes offer Akiko an opportunity to prove that it is only she who truly knows her friend’s likes and dislikes and that she is still loyal to their agreed-upon way to enjoy their lives. This female-female relationship is devoid of sexual activities, yet deeply physical. Their sensuality is built on affinity and harmony, which introduces these female characters to intimacy that no one, including themselves, has ever known.
departmental bulletin paper
名古屋大学大学院人文学研究科附属超域文化社会センター
2022-03-30
application/pdf
JunCture : 超域的日本文化研究
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122
137
1884-4766
https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/2002399/files/juncture_13_122.pdf
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