TY - BOOK AU - Suganuma,Katsuhiko TI - Contact moments: the politics of intercultural desire in Japanese male-queer cultures T2 - Queer Asia SN - 9789882208896 AV - HQ76.2.J3 U1 - 306.7662095209045 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Hong Kong, London PB - Hong Kong University Press, Eurospan [distributor] KW - Gay men KW - Japan KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Male homosexuality KW - Gay culture KW - Western countries KW - Mass media and gays KW - Intercultural communication KW - Homosexuels masculins KW - Japon KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Homosexualité masculine KW - Culture homosexuelle KW - Occident KW - Médias et homosexuels KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Gay Studies KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Queer men KW - homoit KW - Men who have sex with men KW - Queer Asians KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=458777 ER -