Beyond Bloodline: Reading Care and Reproduction in the works of Kakuta Mitsuyo, Kirino Natsuo, Seo Maiko, and Kimura Kumi
Supervisors:
Professor Linda Flores
Biography:
Alessia Cofone is a DPhil student in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Pembroke College. Alessia’s research interests include care ethics, kinship, gender performativity, and social reproduction. Her research examines, through feminist lenses, the representation of mothering and child-rearing in contemporary Japanese literature, focusing on how these narratives challenge normative gender roles and envision more collective practices of care.
Educational Background:
MA in Japanese Studies – SOAS University of London
BA in Asian and African Languages and Cultures – University of Turin
