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

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Suganuma, Katsuhiko [author.]

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TextSeries: Queer AsiaPublication details: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 216 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789882208896
9882208894
9789882209053
988220905X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Contact moments.DDC classification:

306.7662095209045 23

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HQ76.2.J3

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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.

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.

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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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index.

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