The 1950s and 1960s were a time of incredible change, when a generation of young women emerged to forge many of the conventions and visual language we associate with shoujo manga. That makes it all the more tragic that this period has fallen into obscurity, as time and circumstances threaten to erase it. The post [History] Shoujo Manga’s Lost Generation appeared first on ANIME FEMINIST.
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