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
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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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?
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Gender in Japanese literature, manga, film, and television
Explorations of how gender is imagined and challenged in Japanese literature and popular culture
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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?
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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
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Literary translation
The journeys of Japanese literature and popular culture into English
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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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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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Lucy Fraser is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Re-stitching the Tapestry: Modern retellings of myth and fairy tale as feminist discourse
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Karin Sellberg
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Doctor Philosophy
Funeral Parade of Lilies: Sentimentality and Liminality in Representations of Queer Women in Modern Japanese Literature
Principal Advisor
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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
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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
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Narrating History: Literary Depictions of Japanese Prisoners of War in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Amy Hubbell
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
The Shifting Discourses of Japanese Gender Ideals in Three Novels by Murakami Haruki
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Chapman
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