UID:
almafu_9959228044502883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0739121596
,
0739151509
Series Statement:
Studies of modern Japan
Content:
Queer Voices from Japan examines the wide range of queer voices in Japan, and the longevity that these minority communities have enjoyed in society. Mark McLelland, Katsuhiko Suganuma, and James Welker bring together historical and contemporary narratives that contribute to the study of sexual identities in Japan.
Note:
Foreword Donald Richie -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Re(claiming) Japan's Queer Past Mark McLelland, Katsuhiko Suganuma, and James Welker -- I. A Visit withYuasa Yoshiko, a Dandy Scholar of Russian Literature Sawabe Hitomi -- 2. My Career in Danshoku: Notes on Sodomy Kondō Takashi -- 3. Nostalgia for My Time in the Army: Concerning Male Nudity and Sadistic Photographs Morihara Taichi -- 4. Minyak Kelapa-A Fragrant Breeze of Homosexuality Namiki Sansaku -- 5. Confessions of a Problem: A Roundtable Discussion with Male Prostitutes Setoguchi Torao, Masako, Ranko, Otoki, and a Reporter for Ōkē magazine -- 6. Grand Sodomia Conference: A Discussion of the joys and Agonies of Homosexuality Ujiya Tomiyoshi, Kabiya Kazuhiko, Fujii Seiji, Sugita Hitoshi,Yamamoto Tatsuo, and Yoshimura Yutaka -- 7. Lifestyles in the Gay Bars Kabiya Kazuhiko -- 8. Roundtable: Female Homos Here We Go Saijō Michio, Ōgiya Afu, Ueshima Tsugi, Miwa Yōko, and Kawakami Seiko -- 9. The Era of Dandy Beauties Toyama Hitomi -- 10. "Wakakusa no Kai": The First Fifteen Years of japan's Original Lesbian Organization Sawabe Hitomi -- I I. They've Got Their Happy Faces On: The Birth of "Regumi no Gomame" Hisada Megumi -- 12. japan's Lesbian Movement: Looking Back on Where We Came From Izumo Marou, Tsuzura Yoshiko, Hara Minako, and Ochiya Kumiko -- 13. Lesbians Living in the Mountains Sawabe Hitomi -- 14. Breaking Gender Rules without Remorse Noriko Kohashi -- 15. True Tales from Ni-chōme Ōtsuka Takashi -- 16. Tōgō Ken,the Legendary Okama: Burning with Sexual Desire and Revolt Oikawa Kenji -- 17. Who Should Be Ashamed of Whom? Hirano Hiroaki -- 18. Reflections on the Tokyo Lesbian and Gay Parade 2000 Sunagawa Hideki -- 19. How I Became an FtM Transgender Gay Fujio Takafumi -- 20. My Life as a "Woman" Mitsuhashi Junko.
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21. My Life as a Hustler Akira the Hustler -- Timeline of Queer Japan -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Translators.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1299806155
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0739108654
Language:
English
