Fleur rebelle, fleur royale: the friendship of Lady Oscar and Marie Antoinette in The Rose of Versailles.
This article examines the friendship between Oscar François de Jarjayes and Queen Marie Antoinette in the anime version of Riyoko Ikeda's the Rose of Versailles. Oscar is born female but is raised male and becomes Commander of the Queen's Royal Guards. The intended shōjo (young girl) audience identi...
| Publicado en: | Neohelicon Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 767 - 783 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Springer Nature
Dec2019
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