Fantasies of cross-dressing : Japanese women write male-male erotica / by Kazumi Nagaike.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nagaike, Kazumi.

Series:

Brill's Japanese Studies Library 37.

Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erotic literature, Japanese--History and criticism.

Erotic literature, Japanese.

Japanese literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Japanese literature.

Authors and readers--Japan--History--20th century.

Authors and readers.

Women and literature--Japan.

Women and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Male homosexual narratives in various genres and media—from “high-brow” literature by distinguished female authors to “pornographic” comic books produced and distributed by amateurs—have attracted the attention of a number of cultural critics in Japan and abroad. This book represents the first extensive critical attempt to examine Japanese women's narratives of male homosexuality/homoeroticism, addressing not only popular culture genres, but also the considerable body of critically acclaimed literary works (with English translations of the original works). The result is an in-depth analysis of the ways in which female fantasies of male homosexuality/homoeroticism may be composed, acknowledged, and interrogated.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Maping Out Theories of Sexuality and Sexual Fantasies

L’ homme fatal and (Dis)empowered Women in Mari Mori’s Male Homosexual Trilogy

Perverse Aesthetics in Taeko Kōno’s “Toddler-Hunting”: The Beating Father, the Beaten Boy, and a Female Masochist

The Decadent Aesthetics of Male Homosexuality in Kanoko Okamoto’s “The Bygone World”

Rieko Matsuura’s The Reverse Version: The Theme of Girl-Addresing-Girl and Male Homosexual Fantasies

Perverse Sexualities, Perverse Desires: Representations of Female Fantasies and Yaoi Manga as Pornography Directed at Women

“The Lovers’ Forest” by Mari Mori

“The Bygone World” by Kanoko Okamoto

“Chiyoko” by Rieko Matsuura

Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-49619-3

9786613591425

90-04-22700-8

OCLC:

794328546

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004227002 DOI