Contact moments : the politics of intercultural desire in Japanese male-queer cultures /

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...

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Main Author: Suganuma, Katsuhiko (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong : London : Hong Kong University Press ; Eurospan [distributor], 2012.
Series:Queer Asia.
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Table of 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.