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Kathryn Hemmann is the author of numerous essays on Japanese fiction, video games, and graphic novels. Their book Manga Cultures and the Female Gaze argues that an awareness of female and queer writers and readers can transform our understanding of media that is often assumed to take a straight male audience for granted. Hemmann teaches at University of Pennsylvania, and they tweet @kathrynthehuman. They also run the blog Contemporary Japanese Literature (japaneselit.net), which features reviews of fiction in translation and short articles on Japanese popular culture and society. ...more

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	Manga Cultures and the Female Gaze 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Greatest Video Game Characters by Jaime Banks (Editor), Robert Mejia (Editor), Aubrie Adams (Editor) 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rethinking Japanese Feminisms by Julia C. Bullock (Editor), Elyssa Faison (Editor), Sarah Frederick (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introducing Japanese Popular Culture by Alisa Freedman (Editor), Toby Slade (Editor), Kathryn Hemmann (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woke Gaming: Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice by Kishonna L. Gray (Editor), David J. Leonard (Editor), Kathryn Hemmann (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia by Robert Shail (Editor), Samantha Holland (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steven Gerrard (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Korean Wave from a Private Commodity to a Public Good by Yeonhee Yoon (Editor), Kiwoong Yang (Editor), Susan D. Blum (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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