[DISCUSSION] The Marketing of Male Homosexuality in Asia
Mods, I hope this is ok. If it isn't, please delete it and I apologize. I figured it would be fine since much of my paper has to do with Kangteuk and other such couplings.
Wondering what's up with the subject of this entry? Well, for my final research paper in my Anthropology of Gender, Sexuality, and the Body, I decided to tackle a subject I've always been curious about: the marketing of male homosexuality in Asia and the women who love it. Ever since I got into fandom (anime, live action, music, etc.), I've noticed a ridiculous amount of fans are into the yaoi/shounen-ai thing. And I've wondered what it is about that particular subgenre that makes it so popular that Asia (Japan and Korea especially) will market so much of their entertainment towards that fanbase. So for part of the research, I have a few questions that I would like as many people as possible to answer, whether or not they like this particular subgenre; the fact that I'm not into yaoi yet know so much about it can actually be more telling than 10 seasoned yaoi fans raving about it.
I've already done a smaller paper on this earlier in the class; it was a 10-page paper based around two interviews and the analyzing of two media examples pertaining to my subject. My professor loved the paper and seemed very interested, so I want to tackle it on a larger scope. This final paper is at least 15 pages and has to draw on at least 5 individual interviews, 5 observations, and 5 scholarly articles. I have almost all of that, but supplementary information would be a HUGE help. Also, if you'd like to see the sample methods paper I had done on this subject, here it is, along with a 3 page glossary of terms: methods assignment
Glossary
The glossary had to be included, because throughout the interviews there were many fandom terms used that a regular person would never understand. Now I know why people who aren’t into this kind of thing always look at me and my friends all crazy; we might as well actually be speaking Japanese or Korean for all the crazy terminology that we use.
Questions are at my journal, please leave comments there as well
x-posted everywhere, I'm so sorry