From Child Star to Diva

Diva Nation ◽

10.1525/california/9780520297722.003.0007 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 95-114

Author(s):

Christine R. Yano

Keyword(s):

Female Child ◽

Young Female ◽

Popular Song ◽

Postwar Japan ◽

Star Text

This chapter problematizes Japan’s premiere diva of popular song, Misora Hibari (1937–1989), as a child star who grows up in postwar Japan to become a transgressive diva. I ask what defines this female child star, this singing shōjo (young female) on stage? What kinds of gendered negotiations between childhood and adulthood does the child star have to make, in what kinds of historical contexts, and to what effects? And finally, how does the shōjo—here, the child star–turned–diva—help define the period? The remnants of the child star give poignancy to her adult divahood as the Japanese public stood witness to her continual transformations. And in witnessing these transformations, I contend that Misora Hibari’s star-text enacted postwar Japan’s supra-text, with the complexities of an era and a nation.

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Diva Misora Hibari as Spectacle of Postwar Japan’s Modernity

Vamping the Stage ◽

10.21313/hawaii/9780824869861.003.0006 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Christine R. Yano

Keyword(s):

Popular Song ◽

Postwar Japan ◽

1960S And 1970S ◽

The 1960S ◽

A Site ◽

Star Text

This chapter examines Japan’s premiere diva of popular song, Misora Hibari (1937-1989) as a child star who grows up in postwar Japan. It asks, what kinds of gendered negotiations between childhood and adulthood does the child star have to make, in what kinds of historical contexts, and to what effects? And finally, how does the shoujo – here, the child star diva – help define the period? This chapter covers not only the period of the late 1940s and 1950s when Misora Hibari was credited with boosting the Japanese public morale as the spunky singing orphan, but also the period that followed – the Jet Age of the 1960s and 1970s – as a site of national negotiations of modernity through the images of Hibari the diva. This essay contends that Misora Hibari’s star text enacted postwar Japan’s supra-text, particularly during the years when she occupied media and stage as the shoujo orphan, “Tokyo Kid.” Both nation and child star alike performed themselves as spunky orphans – even nascent cosmopolitans – while masking the hard-hitting realities of the period. It is the intensity of the diva and her life – both on- and off-stage, transmitted aurally and figuratively – that makes of her a parable of modernity.

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Functioning adrenocortical carcinoma causing virilisation: a case report

International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics ◽

10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20200126 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 442

Author(s):

Vivek Parameswara Sarma ◽

Sunil S. Menon

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Steroid Hormone ◽

Abdominal Mass ◽

Female Child ◽

Young Female ◽

Imaging Features ◽

Adrenal Hyperplasia ◽

Fourth Decade ◽

Localized Disease ◽

Uncommon Tumor

Adrenocortical carticnoma (ACC) is an uncommon tumor with an incidence of 1-2 cases/million/year. It has two peak incidences; the first one in the first decade and the second one in the fourth decade. Most patients present with features of steroid hormone excess or abdominal mass effects, but about 15% of ACC are diagnosed incidentally. It is hormonally functional in 80 - 100% patients and the predisposing lesions include congenital adrenal hyperplasia and adenoma. ACC has significant syndromic and genetic association. Surgery offers the best chance of cure, especially in localized disease. Here, we present the case of virilization in a young female child secondary to a functioning ACC. The child had classical hormonal and imaging features of functioning ACC and underwent resection of the tumor (Adrenalectomy) with good outcome.

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Mucopolysaccharidosis: Clinical and Radiological Aspects

JMS SKIMS ◽

10.33883/jms.v15i1.115 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 54-56

Author(s):

Arshad Iqbal Wani ◽

Khalid J Farooqi ◽

Mir Iftikhar Bashir ◽

Shahnaz Ahmad Mir ◽

Shariq Rashid Masoodi

Keyword(s):

Genetic Disorder ◽

Female Child ◽

Young Female ◽

Dysostosis Multiplex ◽

Plain Radiographs ◽

Skeletal Abnormalities ◽

Radiological Features ◽

Excessive Accumulation

Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) refers to a group of genetic disorder characterized by excessive accumulation of mucopolysaccharides secondary to deficiencies in specific enzymes. It produces characteristic skeletal abnormalities collectively termed as “dysostosis multiplex”. Here we describe a young female child with classical radiological features of MPS on plain radiographs. JMS 2012;15(1):54-56.

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Massive splenic epidermoid cyst in a child treated with laparoscopic partial splenectomy – case report and review of literature

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare ◽

10.1177/2010105818782523 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 61-64

Author(s):

Lasitha B Samarakoon ◽

Sharon Si Min Goh ◽

Yee Ling Cheong ◽

Lin Yin Ong

Keyword(s):

Epidermoid Cyst ◽

Female Child ◽

Young Female ◽

Traumatic Rupture ◽

Lower Pole ◽

Review Of Literature ◽

Cyst Excision ◽

Large Size ◽

Splenic Cysts ◽

Persistent Abdominal Pain

Splenic cysts are extremely rare. We present the case of a young female child who presented with a massive splenic cyst arising from the lower pole of the spleen. We offered surgical intervention in view of persistent abdominal pain and the large size of the cyst, which was predisposing it to traumatic rupture and restricting the child’s normal activities. Cyst excision with splenic preservation was successfully achieved via a laparoscopic lower pole splenectomy. Histology confirmed a benign epidermoid cyst. The case presentation is followed by a brief review of literature.

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