Normative Femininity as a Discursive Effect: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Sayaka Murata’s Konbini Ningen
This paper analyzes how Sayaka Murata’s novel コンビニ人間 (Konbini ningen; Eng. Convenience Store Woman) constructs, reproduces and destabilizes gender norms, normative femininity, and womanhood in contemporary Japan. Drawing on critical discourse analysis, gender theory, and Judith Butler’s concept of performativity,...