Genders, transgenders and sexualities in Japan

Dasgupta, Romit. (Added Author). McLelland, Mark J., 1966- (Added Author).

Summary: Incorporating Japanese language materials and field-based research, this compelling collection of essays takes a comparative look at the changing notions of gender and sexual diversity in Japan, considering both heterosexual and non-heterosexual histories, lifestyles and identities.Written by key Japanese authors and Western scholars the volume examines how non-conformist individuals have questioned received notions and challenged social norms relating to sex and gender. The chapters depict the plurality of gender positions; from housewives opposed to gender roles within marriage to heterosexual men wishing to be more involved in family life. Including material not previously published in English, this volume gives an overview of the important changes taking place in gender and sexuality studies within Japanese scholarship.--publisher.

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ISBN: 9780415353700
ISBN: 041535370X
ISBN: 9780203346839
ISBN: 0203346831
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

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General Note:	CatMonthString:august.19 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Chapter 1 Introduction / MARK MCLELLAND -- chapter 2 Hegemonic gender in Japanese as a foreign language education: Australian perspectives / YURIKO NAGATA -- chapter 3 The origins of "queer studies" in postwar Japan / HITOSHI ISHIDA -- chapter 4 Transgendering sho�jo sho�setsu: girls' inter-text/sex-uality / TOMOKO AOYAMA -- chapter 5 From The Well of Loneliness to the akarui rezubian: Western translations and Japanese lesbian identities / BEVERLY CURRAN -- chapter 6 The politics of okama and onabe: uses and abuses of terminology regarding homosexuality and transgender WIM LUNSING -- chapter 7 Salarymen doing queer: gay men and the heterosexual public sphere / MARK MCLELLAND -- chapter 8 Being male in a female world: masculinity and gender in Okinawan shamanism / MATTHEW ALLEN -- chapter 9 "Understanding through the body:" the masquerades of / Mishima Yukio and Morimura Yasumasa VERA MACKIE -- chapter 10 An introduction to men's studies / KIMIO ITO� -- chapter 11 Rethinking Japanese masculinities: recent research trends / FUTOSHI TAGA -- chapter 12 Salarymen doing straight: heterosexual men and the dynamics of gender conformity / ROMIT DASGUPTA -- chapter 13 Feminist futures in Japan: exploring the work of Haruka / Yo�ko and Kitahara Minori LAURA DALES -- chapter 14 Commodiﬁed romance in a Tokyo host club / AKIKO TAKEYAMA.
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