Anna Specchio, PhD

Anna Specchio researches the modern and contemporary Japanese women’s literature, with a particular focus on the relationship between women and technology and on representations of women in contemporary literature and media – which she examines from the perspective of feminist studies and posthuman theories. She is currently researching the use of communication and reproduction technologies in the works of Wataya Risa, Taguchi Randy, Murata Sayaka, Kawakami Hiromi and Kawakami Mieko. She is also interested in the emerging genre of the “reproductive dystopias”, as well as in the field of Ecohumanism.

Anna Specchio has translated into Italian novels by various authors including Iwaki Kei, Sakuraba Kazuki, Hayashi Mariko, Matsuura Rieko and Kashimada Maki and a number of manga including works by Anno Moyoko and Makoto Shinkai.