Male Homosexuality in Modern Japan
Subtitle: Cultural Myths and Social Realities
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: October 12, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780700713004
Subjects: Gay studies (Gay men); Popular culture; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; Japan; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Gay Studies
First sentence: The subject of this book is elusive as it is by no means clear who, exactly, is to be included in the concept of 'male homosexual' even in English; in Japanese, as will be described below, problems with terminology are even more serious.