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Title Genders, transgenders and sexualities in Japan / edited by Mark McLelland and Romit Dasgupta
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) : illustrations
Series Asia's transformations
Asia's transformations.
Contents 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 shoj̄o shos̄etsu: 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 / Yok̄o and Kitahara Minori LAURA DALES -- chapter 14 Commodified romance in a Tokyo host club / AKIKO TAKEYAMA
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Gender identity -- Japan
Homosexuality -- Japan
Transsexualism -- Japan
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
Gender identity
Homosexuality
Transsexualism
Sekserol.
Seksualiteit.
Japan
Form Electronic book
Author McLelland, Mark J., 1966-2020
Dasgupta, Romit
LC no. 2004030609
ISBN 0203346831
9780203346839
9781134260584
113426058X
9781134260539
1134260539
9781134260577
1134260571
9780415405850
0415405858