@article{oai:icu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004883,
 author = {大江, 光子},
 issue = {15},
 journal = {ジェンダー&セクシュアリティ},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Since around 2000, hostesses have expanded opportunities to write and/
or speak about hostesses. This has become a kind of social phenomenon. This
paper focuses on the hostesses’ narratives about hostesses and considers the
following two questions. Firstly, in the expanding opportunities of narratives
by hostesses, can hostesses who talk about hostesses represent （“speak for”/“represent”）
those who do not? This question is about representation. Secondly,
how do readers/listeners respond to the narratives of hostesses by
hostesses? This question is about readers’ responses. In order to answer these
questions, this paper analyzes one of the novels written by “ex-hostess” Yuzuki
Muroi, Dragonfly（1999), in which the protagonist comes to identify herself as
a hostess.
Firstly, previous literature on hostesses is introduced, and its problems
and significance are presented. Secondly, I consider the effects of the stigma
attached to hostesses in regards to issues of representation. By employing
Spivak’s subaltern theory, I argue that it is impossible for the hostesses who
talk about hostesses to represent those who do not talk. Then, I examine how
“ex-hostess” author Yuzuki Muroi narrated about hostesses in her novel
Dragonfly. In this novel, hostesses are characterized as being greedy, slutty and
irrational. These characteristics are in accordance with the stereotyped and
socially stigmatized image of hostesses. The “real” hostess in this text is not
merely the occupation but is also presented as a person who identifies with
the stereotyped image of hostesses.
Finally, by employing Foucault’s author function theory, I study how
readers responded to Dragonfly. Among the readers’ interpretations, I found
that the readers considered what was written in the novel to be the “reality”
of the hostess world. The author’s identity as an “ex-hostess” guarantees the
authenticity of the narrative of hostesses and convinced the readers of its
reality.
In conclusion, the current study clarifies that the “real” hostess in the
readers’ minds was fabricated in a consistent manner with Muroi’s narrative
and the preexisting stereotyped image, due to Muroi’s identity as “ex-hostess”
which guarantees its authenticity.},
 pages = {89--113},
 title = {ホステスは語ることができるか? —「元ホステス」作家の語りと読者の受容},
 year = {2020}
}