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[S2E14] π©βπ¦ Nostalgia & Motherhood with Dr Forum Mithani
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Oliver is joined by Dr Forum Mithani, British Academy Post-doctoral Fellow at the School of Modern Languages at Cardiff University, to discuss her research on the role of nostalgia in shaping expectations of motherhood. I ask Forum about the seductive discourse of nostalgia, its popular manifestations in Japan today and how this has led to romantic yet unfeasible notions of how mothers should be based on a fictional notion of the past. Forum also relates her own experience of preparing to be a mother in Japan and how these expectations appeared in medical guidance as well as popular culture.
Read "(De)Constructing Nostalgic Myths of the Mother in Japanese Drama Woman"
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Intro-outro music: jasonszklarek / MotionElements.com
[L] Entrance curtain of Furusato Sushi Restaurant by Victor Wong
[R] 2009-05-10ζ―θ¦ͺη―δΈ»ζ₯ by ILI_PCT_TW
Copyright Β© 2022 Oliver Moxham, β 2022 Oliver Moxham. May be freely distributed in a classroom setting.
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Manage episode 317419420 series 2988529
Oliver is joined by Dr Forum Mithani, British Academy Post-doctoral Fellow at the School of Modern Languages at Cardiff University, to discuss her research on the role of nostalgia in shaping expectations of motherhood. I ask Forum about the seductive discourse of nostalgia, its popular manifestations in Japan today and how this has led to romantic yet unfeasible notions of how mothers should be based on a fictional notion of the past. Forum also relates her own experience of preparing to be a mother in Japan and how these expectations appeared in medical guidance as well as popular culture.
Read "(De)Constructing Nostalgic Myths of the Mother in Japanese Drama Woman"
Image and audio credits:
Intro-outro music: jasonszklarek / MotionElements.com
[L] Entrance curtain of Furusato Sushi Restaurant by Victor Wong
[R] 2009-05-10ζ―θ¦ͺη―δΈ»ζ₯ by ILI_PCT_TW
Copyright Β© 2022 Oliver Moxham, β 2022 Oliver Moxham. May be freely distributed in a classroom setting.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyond-japan/message82 episodes
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