Life is different in Japan

[skooshje]

"Male Homosexuality and Popular Culture in Modern Japan."  It's not just about homosexuality, but sexuality in general, as well as sexual identity, gender relations, and sexual politics in a society that regards homosexuality as absurd rather than evil (and regards those who think of homosexuality as evil to be at least as absurd

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Manga

[anonymous]

I bookmarked this when you first put it up and I'm going to get around to reading it eventually. Right now I'm looking at a lot of manga for a project for my YA class. A lot of it is foreign to me, and I'm trying to figure out why it is so popular around the world, but specifically here in the States (manga, not homosexuality).

Re: Manga

[anonymous]

It's me.

Sorry, I should just log into LiveJournal.

-john.
http://trawlerman.blogspot.com

Re: Manga

[skooshje]

The section "Male homosexuality in women's media" is especially relevant to the topic of manga (the key word here is yaoi), but the entire essay provides some idea of the cultural context. Slash fiction is another example of male homosexual scenarios created by and for the benefit of a straight female audience