Contact Moments [electronic resource] : The Politics of Intercultural Desire in Japanese Male-Queer Cultures /
Suganuma, Katsuhiko.
Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press,
c2012
This book sheds light on 'contact moments' between Japanese male-queer culture and that of the West in the postwar period. It shows how the interactions of the two cultures affected the formation of queer selves by focusing on a range of Japanese and English male-queer materials including magazines, memoirs and cybertexts. It is suitable as a textbook for courses which address the issues of queer identity, orientalism, post-colonial literature, and globalisation.
Description based upon print version of record.
Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Note to the Reader; 1. Introduction: Ways of Knowing Japan's Queer Culture; 2. Under the Patriotic Gaze; 3. Hybridised Whiteness in 'Rose'; 4. Allegorising the Erotic; 5. Associative Identity Politics; 6. Japanese Male-Queer Cyberspace and Global Flows; 7. Conclusion: On Cross-Cultural Contacts and Queer Desire; Notes; Bibliography; Index
This book sheds light on 'contact moments' between Japanese male-queer culture and that of the West in the postwar period. It shows how the interactions of the two cultures affected the formation of queer selves by focusing on a range of Japanese and English male-queer materials including magazines, memoirs and cybertexts. It is suitable as a textbook for courses which address the issues of queer identity, orientalism, post-colonial literature, and globalisation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Sexual minorities
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