Cartographies of desire
Subtitle: male-male sexuality in Japanese discourse, 1600-1950
By: Gregory M. Pflugfelder.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: Homosexuality -- Japan -- History; Homosexuality and literature -- Japan; Legal literature -- Japan -- History and criticism; Medical literature -- Japan -- History and criticism; Love in literature; Homosexuality in literature
Description: "In this study of the mapping and remapping of male-male sexuality over four centuries of Japanese history, Gregory Pflugfelder explores the languages of popular culture, law, and medicine from the seventeenth century through the American Occupation." "This multidisciplinary and theoretically engaged analysis will interest not only students and scholars of Japan but also readers of gay studies, literary studies, gender studies, and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-369) and index.