Beyond Diversity : Queer Politics, Activism, and Representation in Contemporary Japan / ed. by Kazuyoshi Kawasaka, Stefan Würrer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kawasaka, Kazuyoshi, Editor.

Würrer, Stefan, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dsseldorf : düsseldorf university press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Japan presents a unique context for conducting queer studies. Unlike Europe, North America, and other regions of the world, it is said to lack homophobia due to the absence of Christianity as moral foundation. Furthermore, the situation of LGBTQ+ people has changed rapidly over the past ten years, as the Tokyo Olympics provided another impulse for discussions about sexual minority rights. As a result, recent surveys show a dramatic increase in the acceptance of same-sex marriage. However, Japan is the only G7 country that does not recognize same-sex partnerships and sexual minorities are not legally protected from discrimination. This is due to deeply rooted traditional and religiously tainted family values, represented and perpetuated by post-war Japan's deeply conservative political establishment. While LGBTQ+ issues in Japan have received scholarly attention since the 1990s, there is little scholarship in English on developments after 2000, let alone in the form of anthologies. This volume will bridge this gap by shedding light on political and cultural representations of and by sexual minorities in Japan after 2000, making, thus, available in English a completely novel perspective on LGBTQ+ issues in Japan and East Asia.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Notes on translation and transliteration

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: A new age of visibility? LGBTQ+ issues in contemporary Japan

The progress of LGBT rights in Japan in the 2010s

Same-sex partnerships in Japan: Would legalization mean deradicalization?

LGBTQ human rights in Japanese laws and policies

Being LGBT in disasters: Lived experiences from Japan

Queer politics and solidarity: Post-Cold War homonationalism in East Asia

Medals and conspiracies: Chinese and Japanese online trans-exclusionary discourses during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

Transcending the gendered body? Transphobia and the construction of the self in the writing of Shōno Yoriko

Feeling the friction: Reworking Japanese film studies/criticism from a queer lens

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-11-076799-6

OCLC:

1441721154