Contact Moments: The Politics of Intercultural Desire in Japanese Male-Queer Cultures

by Katsuhiko Suganuma

This book sheds light on 'contact moments' between Japanese male-queer culture and that of the West in the postwar period, and critiques various contemporary examples of persistent Orientalism and nativism. Focusing on a range of Japanese as well as English male-queer materials including magazines, memoirs and cybertexts, Suganuma shows how the interactions of the two cultures affected the subject formation process of queer selves. The instances examined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9888083716
• ISBN13: 9789888083718
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"