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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suganuma, Katsuhiko.

Series:

Queer Asia.

Queer Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay men--Japan.

Gay men.

Bisexual people--Japan.

Bisexual people.

Trans people--Japan.

Trans people.

Queer theory.

Transgender people--Japan.

Asian LGBTQ+ people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes index and bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

988-220-905-X

1-283-57812-3

9786613890573

988-220-889-4

OCLC:

794935349