Yuri
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[edit] Introduction
Yuri: American fan fiction communities: Female/Female erotica fan fiction. Current American usage not related to origins. Origins: 1971, Anime, Barazoku magazine.
Though should note that this is not entirely 100% accurate as there are multiple citations for this...
[edit] Historical Definitions
The following definition dates to August 2003 in the Gundam Wing fandom:
- Yuri: Female/female relationships [1]
The following definition dates to May 2004 in the Harry Potter, Horatio Hornblower and Pirates of the Caribbean fandoms:
- Yuri:
- Femmeslash.[2]
The following definition dates to October 2005 on MediaMiner.Org by fanilia:
- Yuri: Love between women, particularly of a sexual nature.[3]
The following definition is was written by Jane Leavell and updated in June 2006:
- YURI: In anime, a distortion of YAOI, referring to PWP stories about lesbian relationships, often tragic.[4]
The following definition dates to August 2007 in anime fandom:
- Yuri: the same as yaoi(see Yaoi above), but with the romance relationship being between two female characters. Yuri relationships are also refered to as "shoujo-ai," meaning "girl's love." [5]
[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan fiction community.
- On January 29, 2001, the LiveJournal community yuri was founded. [6] It was dedicated to f/f anime pairings. Fan fiction communities represented include but are not limited to: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Card Captor Sakura, Iono the Fanatics, Kashimashi, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rule of Rose, Saigo no Seifuku, Sailor Moon, Simoun, Starship Operators, Strawberry Panic, Tetragrammaton Labyrinth, Yamaji Ebine.
- On May 21, 2004, the LiveJournal community yuri_fans was created. [7]
- On September 18, 2004, the Digimon LiveJournal community digimon_yuri was created. [8]
- On February 28, 2007, prolific yuri community member Philip Mak died.
- On February 26, 2008, the Mainichi Daily News ran an article about yuri. [9]
[edit] Demographics
The audience for Yuri is mostly female. One Japanese yuri manga producer supports this by claiming that thirty percent of the people who buy their material is male. [10]
[edit] External links
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this fandom community.
- Connell, Ryann. "Lesbian Manga and the Art of Gilding the Lily." Mainichi Daily News 26 Feb. 2008. 26 Feb. 2008 <http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/news/20080226p2g00m0dm011000c.html>.
- Sabucco, V. (2003). Guided fan fiction : Western 'readings' of Japanese homosexual-themed texts. In C. Berry, F. Martin, & A. Yue (Eds.), Mobile cultures : new media in queer Asia. Durham: new media in queer Asia.
