Male homosexuality in modern Japan : cultural myths and social realities

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Acknowledgements = ⅸ
• Illustrations = ?
• 1. Introduction = 1
• Whose homosexuality? = 1
• The lexicon of same-sex love = 4
• Japanese terms describing same-sex attraction = 7
• Research approach = 12
• Chapter outline = 16
• 2. Homosexuality in Japanese History = 20
• Introduction = 20
• Tokugawa homosexualities = 20
• The Meiji discourse of sexual deviance = 24
• Post-war understandings of homosexuality = 27
• Japan's 'gay boom' = 32
• Homosexuality before the law = 37
• Conclusion = 41
• 3. Just Like a Girl: Images of Homosexual Men as Feminine = 43
• Introduction = 43
• Homosexuality and cross-dressing in the Japanese entertainment world = 43
• Representations of homosexual men as transgendered in pupular print media = 50
• The treatment of homosexual men who 'pass' = 55
• Conclusion = 58
• 4. The Love between 'Beautiful Boys' in Women's Comics = 61
• Introduction = 61
• The treatment of women's sexuality in media discourse = 62
• Representations of women in men's comics = 66
• The 'love between boys' in women's comics = 69
• Women's comics as a site of gender resistance = 78
• Gay men's responses to women's comics = 84
• Conclusion = 86
• 5. Gay Men as Women's Best Friends and Ideal Marriage Partners = 89
• Introduction = 89
• The contested meaning of marriage in modern Japan = 90
• Gay men as women's ideal partners in Okoge and Twinkle = 98
• Real and counterfeit marriage = 102
• Why are women who marry gay men 'trendy'? = 105
• Are gay men really women's best friends? = 109
• Gay men's changing response to marriage = 114
• Conclusion = 120
• 6. Images of Homosexuality in the Gay Media = 123
• Imtroduction = 123
• Stereo-'typing' in the gay community = 124
• Japanese gay magazines = 127
• Fantasy figures in gay magazines = 134
• Functions of gay magazines = 139
• Sons, brothers, fathers and lovers: amae in Japanese gay personal ads = 144
• Gay Internet resources = 150
• Conclusion = 158
• 7. Interviews with Japanese Gay Men = 161
• Introduction = 161
• Profile of interviewees = 163
• 8. Japanese Gay Men's Self-Understanding = 191
• Introduction = 191
• Gay identity = 192
• Coming out = 196
• Gay community = 202
• Sex and relationships = 205
• Marriage and family =207
• Living situation = 209
• New technologies = 212
• Japan vs 'the west' = 214
• Conclusion = 216
• 9. Is there a Japanese Gay Identity? = 222
• Introduction = 222
• The sexual identity model = 222
• The sexual rights model = 228
• Conclusion = 239
• Afterword = 241
• Notes = 246
• References = 254
• Index = 265