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Dr Lucy Fraser
Dr

Lucy Fraser

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Overview

Background

Lucy Fraser is a Senior Lecturer in Japanese at the School of Languages and Cultures, St Lucia campus, UQ. Her research interests include depictions of animal-human relationships in fiction, fairy tales and fairy tale retellings in Japanese and English, and ideas of gender--especially the figure of the girl--in contemporary Japanese literature, manga, film, and television. She is also interested in Japan-Australia literary and cultural connections, and editing and translation of literature and literary criticism.

Availability

Dr Lucy Fraser is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Fairy tales and fairy tale retellings

    The way fairy tales metamorphose across time and space - what happens when these long-told narratives take new form, and what do these changes tell us?

  • Gender in Japanese literature, manga, film, and television

    Explorations of how gender is imagined and challenged in Japanese literature and popular culture

  • Animals in fairy tales, literature, and popular culture

    How are animals represented in Japanese and English, and how can fictional works affect real-life environmental attitudes and action?

  • Contemporary Japanese literature

    Authors writing in Japanese both within and outside of Japan; authors writing in English who identify or engage with Japan in meaningful ways

  • Literary translation

    The journeys of Japanese literature and popular culture into English

  • Girl studies

    The exploration of girls' literature and popular culture in Japanese and English, particularly its cross-cultural dimensions and connections

Research impacts

This research is engaged with why and how people consume fiction and fairy tales, reminding us that the process is more complex than simply "escape" or straightforward "identification" with particular characters. Current projects further explore the special communities and connections that girls' stories can create for their audiences, and the knowledge and positive attitudes that fictional depictions of animals can encourage.

Dr Fraser continues to publish translations of Japanese fiction, making literature and picture books available to readers outside of Japan.

Works

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32 works between 2008 and 2023

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Featured

2018

Journal Article

Dogs, gods, and monsters: the animal–human connection in Bakin’s Hakkenden, Folktales and Legends, and two contemporary retellings

Fraser, Lucy (2018). Dogs, gods, and monsters: the animal–human connection in Bakin’s Hakkenden, Folktales and Legends, and two contemporary retellings. Japanese Studies, 38 (1), 103-123. doi: 10.1080/10371397.2018.1448972

Dogs, gods, and monsters: the animal–human connection in Bakin’s Hakkenden, Folktales and Legends, and two contemporary retellings

2023

Book Chapter

Flights across inner borders

Fraser, Lucy (2023). Flights across inner borders. Border-crossing Japanese literature. (pp. 59-78) edited by Akiko Uchiyama and Barbara Hartley. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003143178-5

Flights across inner borders

2022

Book Chapter

Women and the non-human animal: rewriting the canine classic: Tsushima Yuko, Ito Hiromi, Tawada Yoko, Matsuura Rieko, and Sakuraba Kazuki

Fraser, Lucy (2022). Women and the non-human animal: rewriting the canine classic: Tsushima Yuko, Ito Hiromi, Tawada Yoko, Matsuura Rieko, and Sakuraba Kazuki. Handbook of modern and contemporary Japanese women writers. (pp. 80-93) edited by Rebecca Copeland. Tokyo, Japan: MHM Limited.

Women and the non-human animal: rewriting the canine classic: Tsushima Yuko, Ito Hiromi, Tawada Yoko, Matsuura Rieko, and Sakuraba Kazuki

2022

Journal Article

Mapping fairy-tale space: pastiche and metafiction in borderless tales by Christy Williams

Fraser, Lucy (2022). Mapping fairy-tale space: pastiche and metafiction in borderless tales by Christy Williams. Marvels & Tales, 36 (2), 347-349. doi: 10.1353/mat.2022.0021

Mapping fairy-tale space: pastiche and metafiction in borderless tales by Christy Williams

2020

Book Chapter

Gender in Japanese literature and literary studies

Clark, Laura and Fraser, Lucy (2020). Gender in Japanese literature and literary studies. The Routledge companion to gender and Japanese culture. (pp. 291-301) edited by Coates, J., Fraser, L. and Pendleton, M.. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Gender in Japanese literature and literary studies

2020

Book Chapter

Alice on the edge: girls' culture and "Western" fairy tales in Japan

Fraser, Lucy (2020). Alice on the edge: girls' culture and "Western" fairy tales in Japan. Re-Orienting the Fairy Tale: Contemporary Adaptations Across Cultures. (pp. 309-333) edited by Murai, Mayako and Cardi, Luciana. Detroit, United States: Wayne State University Press.

Alice on the edge: girls' culture and "Western" fairy tales in Japan

2020

Other Outputs

Tōkina-to: The Story of the Owl God’s Little Sister

Tsushima, Yuko (original author), Fraser, Lucy (co-translator) and Uchiyama, Akiko (co-translator) (2020). Tōkina-to: The Story of the Owl God’s Little Sister. Iowa City, IA, United States: Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation.

Tōkina-to: The Story of the Owl God’s Little Sister

2020

Book Chapter

From Fukushima to Hiroshima: Teaching Social Engagement through Manga

Aoyama, Tomoko, Kawasaki, Kenko and Fraser, Lucy (2020). From Fukushima to Hiroshima: Teaching Social Engagement through Manga. Manga!: Visual Pop-Culture in ARTS Education. (pp. 149-157) edited by Masami Toku and Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase. Viseu, Portugal: InSEA Publications. doi: 10.24981/2020-3

From Fukushima to Hiroshima: Teaching Social Engagement through Manga

2020

Book

The Routledge companion to gender and Japanese culture

Coates, Jennifer, Fraser, Lucy and Pendleton, Mark eds. (2020). The Routledge companion to gender and Japanese culture. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315179582

The Routledge companion to gender and Japanese culture

2020

Book Chapter

Japanese sleeping beauties abroad: Australian retellings of Kawabata Yasunari’s fairy-tale novella

Fraser, Lucy (2020). Japanese sleeping beauties abroad: Australian retellings of Kawabata Yasunari’s fairy-tale novella. Japan in Australia: culture, context and connection. (pp. 96-112) edited by David Chapman and Carol Hayes. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429196485-7

Japanese sleeping beauties abroad: Australian retellings of Kawabata Yasunari’s fairy-tale novella

2020

Book Chapter

Introduction: gender and culture in Japan today

Coates, Jennifer, Fraser, Lucy and Pendleton, Mark (2020). Introduction: gender and culture in Japan today. The Routledge companion to gender and Japanese culture. (pp. 1-7) edited by Jennifer Coates, Lucy Fraser and Mark Pendleton. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315179582-1

Introduction: gender and culture in Japan today

2019

Journal Article

Review of Making a Splash: Mermaids (and Mermen) in 20th and 21st Century Audio-visual Media by Philip Hayward. John Libbey Publishing, 2017.

Fraser, Lucy (2019). Review of Making a Splash: Mermaids (and Mermen) in 20th and 21st Century Audio-visual Media by Philip Hayward. John Libbey Publishing, 2017.. Marvels and Tales, 33 (2), 352-354.

Review of Making a Splash: Mermaids (and Mermen) in 20th and 21st Century Audio-visual Media by Philip Hayward. John Libbey Publishing, 2017.

2018

Other Outputs

Beyond borders: Shojo manga and gender

Ogi, Fusami (original author), Fraser, Lucy (co-translator), Bettridge, Isabelle (co-translator) and Kuru, Liisa (2018). Beyond borders: Shojo manga and gender. US - Japan Women's Journal, 54, 75-97. doi: 10.1353/jwj.2018.0011

Beyond borders: Shojo manga and gender

2017

Journal Article

The maiden switch: new possibilities for understanding Japanese shojo manga (girls' comics)

Fraser, Lucy and Monden, Masafumi (2017). The maiden switch: new possibilities for understanding Japanese shojo manga (girls' comics). Asian Studies Review, 41 (4), 544-561. doi: 10.1080/10357823.2017.1370436

The maiden switch: new possibilities for understanding Japanese shojo manga (girls' comics)

2017

Book

Anime Japanese : course reader for JAPN3130

Aoyama, Tomoko and Fraser, Lucy (2017). Anime Japanese : course reader for JAPN3130. rev. ed. ed. Brisbane: University of Queensland. School of Languages and Cultures.

Anime Japanese : course reader for JAPN3130

2017

Book

The pleasures of metamorphosis: Japanese and English fairy tale transformation of "The Little Mermaid"

Fraser, Lucy (2017). The pleasures of metamorphosis: Japanese and English fairy tale transformation of "The Little Mermaid". Detroit, MI, United States: Wayne State University Press.

The pleasures of metamorphosis: Japanese and English fairy tale transformation of "The Little Mermaid"

2017

Book Chapter

Girls in lace dresses: the intersections of gothic in Japanese youth fiction and fashion

King, Emerald L and Fraser, Lucy (2017). Girls in lace dresses: the intersections of gothic in Japanese youth fiction and fashion. New directions in children's gothic: debatable lands. (pp. 102-118) edited by Anna Jackson. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315695877

Girls in lace dresses: the intersections of gothic in Japanese youth fiction and fashion

2015

Journal Article

Review of Elaine Kazu Gerbert (trans.) Strange Tale of Panorama Island (by Edogawa Ranpo). Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2013

Fraser, Lucy (2015). Review of Elaine Kazu Gerbert (trans.) Strange Tale of Panorama Island (by Edogawa Ranpo). Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2013. Asian Studies Review, 39 (2), 343-344. doi: 10.1080/10357823.2014.979739

Review of Elaine Kazu Gerbert (trans.) Strange Tale of Panorama Island (by Edogawa Ranpo). Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2013

2015

Journal Article

星の瞳に映るオルタナティブ --「典型的」少女マンガの再評価をめざして

Monden, Masafumi and Fraser, Lucy (2015). 星の瞳に映るオルタナティブ --「典型的」少女マンガの再評価をめざして. Global Manga Studies, 5, 149-175.

星の瞳に映るオルタナティブ --「典型的」少女マンガの再評価をめざして

2015

Book Chapter

Girls, old women and fairytale families in The Old Woman's Skin and Howl's Moving Castle

Fraser, Lucy (2015). Girls, old women and fairytale families in The Old Woman's Skin and Howl's Moving Castle. Configurations of family in contemporary Japan. (pp. 65-76) edited by Tomoko Aoyama, Laura Dales and Romit Dasgupta. Abington, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Girls, old women and fairytale families in The Old Woman's Skin and Howl's Moving Castle

Funding

Past funding

  • 2019
    Using Technology to Enhance Authentic Contexts: Effective and Exciting Approaches to Assessment in the Japanese Language Classroom
    Queensland Program for Japanese Education
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Lucy Fraser is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Re-stitching the Tapestry: Modern retellings of myth and fairy tale as feminist discourse

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Karin Sellberg

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Funeral Parade of Lilies: Sentimentality and Liminality in Representations of Queer Women in Modern Japanese Literature

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Representations of the Modern Girl: A Comparative Study of the Turkish Modern Woman and the Japanese Moga in Literature and Media during the Interwar Years

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Akiko Uchiyama

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The discourse of Perceived Discrimination in non-Japanese and mixed-race Japanese people in Japan

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sol Rojas-Lizana

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Representations of the Modern Girl: A Comparative Study of the Turkish Modern Woman and the Japanese Moga in Literature and Media during the Interwar Years

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Akiko Uchiyama

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The discourse of Perceived Discrimination in non-Japanese and mixed-race Japanese people in Japan

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sol Rojas-Lizana

Completed supervision

Media

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