Senior Lecturer
Overview
Lucy Fraser is a Lecturer in Japanese at the School of Languages and Cultures, St Lucia campus, UQ. Her research interests include depictions of animal-human relationships in Japanese 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 editing and translation of literature and literary criticism.
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? -
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, reminding us that the process is more complex than simply "escape" or straightforward "identification" with particular characters. Current projects will 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.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Publications
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Book Chapter: Flights across Inner Borders
Fraser, Lucy (2023). Flights across Inner Borders. Border-Crossing Japanese Literature. (pp. 59-78) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003143178-5
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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.
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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
Grants
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(2019) Queensland Program for Japanese Education
Supervision
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Using translated Japanese childrens picture books to promote cultural awareness in the early years classroom and beyond
Doctor Philosophy
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Narrating History: Literary Depictions of Japanese Prisoners of War in Australia
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
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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
Doctor Philosophy
Publications
Featured Publications
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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
Book
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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
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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.
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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.
Book Chapter
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Fraser, Lucy (2023). Flights across Inner Borders. Border-Crossing Japanese Literature. (pp. 59-78) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003143178-5
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Where is my place in the world? Early shojo manga portrayals of lesbianism
Fujimoto, Yukari (original author) and Fraser, Lucy (translator) (2014). Where is my place in the world? Early shojo manga portrayals of lesbianism. Mechademia 9: Origins. (pp. 25-42) edited by Frenchy Lunning. Minneapolis, MN, United States: University of Minnesota Press.
Journal Article
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Reading and retelling girls across cultures: mermaid tales in Japanese and English
Fraser, Lucy (2014). Reading and retelling girls across cultures: mermaid tales in Japanese and English. Japan Forum, 26 (2), 246-264. doi: 10.1080/09555803.2014.900515
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Lost property fairy tales: Ogawa Yoko and Higami Kumiko's transformations of "The Little Mermaid"
Fraser, Lucy (2013). Lost property fairy tales: Ogawa Yoko and Higami Kumiko's transformations of "The Little Mermaid". Marvels and Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies, 27 (2), 181-193.
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The destinations of "women's friendships": imperializing education in the women's classroom
Fraser, Lucy and Kayo, Takeuchi (2012). The destinations of "women's friendships": imperializing education in the women's classroom. U.S. - Japan Women's Journal, 43, 106-125.
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An unsuitable job for a girl: violence and the girl in two novels by Sakuraba Kazuki
Fraser, Lucy (2012). An unsuitable job for a girl: violence and the girl in two novels by Sakuraba Kazuki. Intersections: gender and sexuality in Asia and the Pacific (28), 1-12.
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Fraser, Lucy (2012). Review of Noriko J. Horiguchi. Women adrift: the literature of japan’s imperial body. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. Asian Studies Review, 36 (4), 567-568. doi: 10.1080/10357823.2012.740919
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The invalidation of gender in girls' Manga today, with a special focus on Nodame Cantabile
Honda, Masuko, Fraser, Lucy (translator) and Aoyama, Tomoko (translator) (2010). The invalidation of gender in girls' Manga today, with a special focus on Nodame Cantabile. US Japan Women's Journal, 38, 12-24.
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An Interview with Sakumi Yoshino
King, Emerald and Fraser, Lucy (2010). An Interview with Sakumi Yoshino. U.S. - Japan Women's Journal, 38, 113-132.
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The metamorphosis of female desire: Contemporary Japanese imaginings of "The Little Mermaid"
Fraser, Lucy (2010). The metamorphosis of female desire: Contemporary Japanese imaginings of "The Little Mermaid". East Asia Forum, 13, 24-35.
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Gendered language in recent short stories by Japanese women, and in English translation
Fraser, Lucy (2008). Gendered language in recent short stories by Japanese women, and in English translation. New Voices, 2, 1-20.
Other Outputs
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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.
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Beyond Borders: Shojo manga and gender
Fusami Ogi (original author), Lucy Fraser (co-translator), Isabelle Bettridge (co-translator) and Liisa Kuru (2018). Beyond Borders: Shojo manga and gender. U.S.-Japan Women's Journal, 54, 75-97.
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Fairy tale transformations and gender: The Little Mermaid's metamorphoses in Japanese and English
Fraser, Lucy (2013). Fairy tale transformations and gender: The Little Mermaid's metamorphoses in Japanese and English. PhD Thesis, School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland.
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Osaki Midori and the role of the girl in Showa modernism
Kawasaki, Kenko, Fraser, Lucy (Trans.) and Aoyama, Tomoko (Trans.) (2008). Osaki Midori and the role of the girl in Showa modernism. Asian Studies Review, 32 (3), 293-306. doi: 10.1080/10357820802299684
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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(2019) Queensland Program for Japanese Education
PhD and MPhil Supervision
Current Supervision
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Using translated Japanese childrens picture books to promote cultural awareness in the early years classroom and beyond
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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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
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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The discourse of Perceived Discrimination in non-Japanese and mixed-race Japanese people in Japan
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Completed Supervision
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Narrating History: Literary Depictions of Japanese Prisoners of War in Australia
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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The Shifting Discourses of Japanese Gender Ideals in Three Novels by Murakami Haruki
(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
