My Wiscon schedule!
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oyceterOr: in which I pick everyone's brains here and shamelessly exploit you to seem a bit smarter on my panels.
Assimilation and the Immigrant Grandchild
Room 629, Sat. 5/28 1:00–2:15 pm
M: Mary Anne Mohanraj. Isabel Guzman-Barron, Nnedi Okorafor, Oyceter, Ibi Aanu Zoboi
What is assimilation in the U.S. for those with immigrant narratives and experiences as part of their family stories? How do we define it? Is it inherently oppressive? Inherently xenophobic? Completely necessary? Are the most challenging aspects of a new group’s culture always excised, or do these new cultural ideas stimulate growth and change in our mainstream society? And in what ways does assimilation happen? Join us to recast yourself not as an American, but as the descendant of immigrants. How did your family assimilate? What privileges and powers did you gain? What did your family, and you, lose in the process?
[I am not even sure I should be on this panel, as I am not sure I fit their definition of "immigrant grandchild." As in, my grandparents immigrated from China to Taiwan, my parents immigrated from Taiwan to the US, and then we all moved to Taiwan, and then I moved to the US. On the other hand, wanted to talk about not knowing my own family history due to language differences and my huge problems with identifying as American even though I have the passport.]
Looking Beyond the Gender Binary in Anime and Manga
Room 634, Sat. 5/28 4:00-5:15 pm
M: Andrea Horbinski. Emily Horner, Johanna Eeva, Oyceter, Andy Smith
Sometimes, the media of manga and anime fail hard at handling gender. But sometimes they are amazing. In some series, people pass back and forth between genders (Sailor Moon), or have gender confusion (After School Nightmare). People also seem to cross-dress a lot more frequently than they do in Western SF/F media. Let's talk about examples in anime and manga that look beyond the gender binary in a meaningful way.
[SO EXCITED! SO EXCITED!
[Brainstorming things to look at: Sailor Moon (Sailor Stars, Sailor Uranus?), After School Nightmare, Hourou Musuko (need to watch), Your and My Secret (did not like v. 1), Phantom Dream, Rose of Versailles (need to read/watch), Utena, Princess Knight (need to read), Nataku in X, Lonesome Eden (? is Taiwan manhua), Kanzeon Bosatsu in Saiyuki, probably a lot more stuff I have not thought about...]
Assimilation and the Immigrant Grandchild
Room 629, Sat. 5/28 1:00–2:15 pm
M: Mary Anne Mohanraj. Isabel Guzman-Barron, Nnedi Okorafor, Oyceter, Ibi Aanu Zoboi
What is assimilation in the U.S. for those with immigrant narratives and experiences as part of their family stories? How do we define it? Is it inherently oppressive? Inherently xenophobic? Completely necessary? Are the most challenging aspects of a new group’s culture always excised, or do these new cultural ideas stimulate growth and change in our mainstream society? And in what ways does assimilation happen? Join us to recast yourself not as an American, but as the descendant of immigrants. How did your family assimilate? What privileges and powers did you gain? What did your family, and you, lose in the process?
[I am not even sure I should be on this panel, as I am not sure I fit their definition of "immigrant grandchild." As in, my grandparents immigrated from China to Taiwan, my parents immigrated from Taiwan to the US, and then we all moved to Taiwan, and then I moved to the US. On the other hand, wanted to talk about not knowing my own family history due to language differences and my huge problems with identifying as American even though I have the passport.]
Looking Beyond the Gender Binary in Anime and Manga
Room 634, Sat. 5/28 4:00-5:15 pm
M: Andrea Horbinski. Emily Horner, Johanna Eeva, Oyceter, Andy Smith
Sometimes, the media of manga and anime fail hard at handling gender. But sometimes they are amazing. In some series, people pass back and forth between genders (Sailor Moon), or have gender confusion (After School Nightmare). People also seem to cross-dress a lot more frequently than they do in Western SF/F media. Let's talk about examples in anime and manga that look beyond the gender binary in a meaningful way.
[SO EXCITED! SO EXCITED!
[Brainstorming things to look at: Sailor Moon (Sailor Stars, Sailor Uranus?), After School Nightmare, Hourou Musuko (need to watch), Your and My Secret (did not like v. 1), Phantom Dream, Rose of Versailles (need to read/watch), Utena, Princess Knight (need to read), Nataku in X, Lonesome Eden (? is Taiwan manhua), Kanzeon Bosatsu in Saiyuki, probably a lot more stuff I have not thought about...]
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Thu, Apr. 21st, 2011 01:28 am (UTC)Maybe Issei of Please Save My Earth?
Isabella from ParaKiss! A minor role, but A) she gets the happy ending! and B) any excuse to drag Yazawa Ai into this.
I wish I could gooooooooooo~~~
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Thu, Apr. 21st, 2011 01:29 am (UTC)Oooo, and only have vague memories of Issei, but that's interesting! Yay reincarnation. And ahaha, I have actually never seen/read Fushigi Yuugi, though I vaguely know about Nuriko and should look up more!
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Thu, Apr. 21st, 2011 01:36 am (UTC)Nuriko~~~ I don't know what it's like to encounter Fushigi Yuugi without the indiscriminate palate of early adolescence; pretty rough I'd imagine. But there's a scene in the anime I think you'd find interesting, where Nuriko casts off his female persona and assumes a male one, and talks about how this affects his inner life. I could find the clip for you if you're interested.
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Thu, Apr. 21st, 2011 08:54 pm (UTC)