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Edges of the Rainbow

Author : Michel Delsol,Haruku Shinozaki
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781620972908

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An intimate photographic glimpse into the queer world behind the closed doors of modern Japanese society The LGBTQ community in Japan has faced its challenges. Even as some religious and warrior orders have a long and recognized tradition of same-sex love, to be considered different, to be “the nail that sticks out,” makes coming out difficult. Despite the conservative strain within Japanese society that encourages the LGBTQ community to remain unseen, a welcome change is happening on the ground. A number of queer cultural figures are opening up new horizons, and a growing majority of Japanese people believe that homosexuality should be an integral and open part of society. The latest in a series of beautiful, affordable photobooks that look at LGBTQ communities around the world, Edges of the Rainbow is a photographic celebration of the queer community in Japan. In a set of more than 150 color and black-and-white photographs, acclaimed photographer Michel Delsol and journalist Haruku Shinozaki have brought together a fascinating group of individuals to create an unforgettable and uplifting look at a proud and resilient community on the margins of Japanese society. Edges of the Rainbow was designed by Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios (EWS).

Male Colors

Author : Gary Leupp
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520919198

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Tokugawa Japan ranks with ancient Athens as a society that not only tolerated, but celebrated, male homosexual behavior. Few scholars have seriously studied the subject, and until now none have satisfactorily explained the origins of the tradition or elucidated how its conventions reflected class structure and gender roles. Gary P. Leupp fills the gap with a dynamic examination of the origins and nature of the tradition. Based on a wealth of literary and historical documentation, this study places Tokugawa homosexuality in a global context, exploring its implications for contemporary debates on the historical construction of sexual desire. Combing through popular fiction, law codes, religious works, medical treatises, biographical material, and artistic treatments, Leupp traces the origins of pre-Tokugawa homosexual traditions among monks and samurai, then describes the emergence of homosexual practices among commoners in Tokugawa cities. He argues that it was "nurture" rather than "nature" that accounted for such conspicuous male/male sexuality and that bisexuality was more prevalent than homosexuality. Detailed, thorough, and very readable, this study is the first in English or Japanese to address so comprehensively one of the most complex and intriguing aspects of Japanese history.

The Japanese LGBTQ+ Community in the World

Author : Masami Tamagawa
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000827996

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The Japanese LGBTQ+ Community in the World by Masami Tamagawa Pdf

This study of the Japanese LGBTQ+ community sheds light on the intersectionality of lived experiences, including gender, sexuality, family, (mental) health, race and ethnicity, migration, and nationality, offering a picture of a community whose experience is deeply embedded in the dynamic society around. The Japanese LGBTQ+ Community in the World takes an innovative approach, viewing the community as an integral part of the world in flux, rather than an isolated monoracial and monolingual tight-knit entity. Like the US and many other countries in the world, when the pandemic struck Japan, its citizens were not all equally equipped to withstand it. Due particularly to lingering systemic injustices, including stigma, ostracism from family and society, as well as lack of legal protection of their basic human rights, the pandemic has disproportionately affected the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals and couples in Japan. They face unique challenges within various facets of their lives. Their experiences are an integral part of understanding how this pandemic is affecting a societal response to an already marginalized group of individuals. This important study looks at the issues from a range of perspectives including public health care services, the media and cross-cultural experience. This book is ideal for students and scholars of gender studies, LGBTQ studies, sociology, health, and Asian studies.

Queer Japan from the Pacific War to the Internet Age

Author : Mark J. McLelland
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0742537870

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Queer Japan from the Pacific War to the Internet Age by Mark J. McLelland Pdf

Scholarship on Japan has recently broadened to include minority perspectives on communities from marginal workers to those whose sexuality has long been overlooked. This volume, with its combination of fieldwork in the gay and lesbian communities and the use of historical sources such as journals and documents, breaks important new ground in this field. It examines gay life in the Japanese Pacific War, addresses transgender and lesbian as well as gay issues, examines the interface of queer society with the U.S. occupation and the international community, contests major interpretations of contemporary queer society, and introduces readers to the development of lesbian, transgender, and gay communities in postwar Japan.Queer Japan from the Pacific Age to the Internet Age provides a historical outline of the development of sexual-minority identity categories and community formation through a detailed analysis of both niche and mainstream publications, including magazines, newspapers, biographies, memoirs, and Internet sites. The material is also augmented with interview data from individuals who have had a long association with Japan's queer cultures.Including a wealth of images from the "perverse press," this book will appeal to students and general readers interested in modern and contemporary Japan and in gender studies and sexuality.

Japanese LGBT Diasporas

Author : Masami Tamagawa
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030310301

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Japanese LGBT Diasporas by Masami Tamagawa Pdf

With little existing scholarship on LGBT diaspora from Asia, this groundbreaking book examines the intersectionality of migration, sexuality, and gender, as well as race and ethnicity, through an analysis of the transnational experiences of Japanese LGBT diasporas in the USA, Canada and Australia. Employing a variety of methods, including a questionnaire, ethnographic analysis and case studies, the author demonstrates and analyses LGBT experiences where the notion of “gay-friendly” Japan prevails, looking at their reasons to flee the country and their diverse experiences in their host country. These include their needs and want for social services for Japanese LGBT diaspora. Findings are comparatively examined with LGBT refugees’ experiences, among LGBT subgroups, as well as across the three countries, highlighting the significance of gender, race and ethnicity, as well as immigration policy, in the experiences of LGBT diasporas from Japan. This book will appeal to students and scholars interested in Migration, Race and Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality, and Asian Studies. Masami Tamagawa is Senior Teaching Professor of Japanese Studies, Gender Studies, and Asian Studies at Skidmore College, USA.

Homosexuality and Manliness in Postwar Japan

Author : Jonathan D. Mackintosh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415421867

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Homosexuality and Manliness in Postwar Japan by Jonathan D. Mackintosh Pdf

This book examines the history of the relationship between male homosexuality and conceptions of manliness in postwar Japan. It provides a detailed account of the formative years of the homo magazine genre in the 1970s, and explores its evolution in subsequent years, analyzing key issues including homophobia; gay liberation; male-male sex, love and friendship; the masculine body; and manly identity.

Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Schooling

Author : Stephen Thomas Russell,Stacey S. Horn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199387656

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Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Schooling by Stephen Thomas Russell,Stacey S. Horn Pdf

'Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Schooling' brings together contributions from a diverse group of researchers, policy analysts, and education advocates from around the world to synthesize the practice and policy implications of research on sexual orientation, gender identity, and schooling.

Coming Out in Japan

Author : Satoru Itō,Ryūta Yanase
Publisher : ISBS
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1876843020

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Coming Out in Japan by Satoru Itō,Ryūta Yanase Pdf

Traditionally the Japanese have shunned those not fitting the majority heterosexual mould. Those with a homosexual orientation have always endured an uncomfortable existence in a culture which condones blatant public scorn and ridicule being directed towards them and which doesn't question the pernicious stereotyping of gays. In Japan these traditions have survived into the twenty-first century and remain a deeply rooted part of the national psyche. It was in such a hostile environment that two men, in defiance of the prevailing social norms, saw fit to take a stand and declare that they were different from the mainstream, different from all the imagery they had ever been exposed to, and not orientated to fit the rigid, positively sanctioned mould presented to them by society. This book gives a human focus to the nascent struggle for social acceptance and dignity being waged by homosexuals in Japan. It describes the authors' coming out to society and their subsequent appeals, on both a personal and public level, for the acceptance of homosexuality by the wider society. It is a highly personal account of the authors' experiences - their fears, despair, self-loathing and rejection, aspirations, traumas and triumphs.

Male Homosexuality in Modern Japan

Author : Mark J. McLelland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135791292

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Male Homosexuality in Modern Japan by Mark J. McLelland Pdf

This book is the first to look at the wide range of contrasting images of the gay male body in Japanese popular culture, both mainstream and gay, and relate these images to the experience of an interview sample of Japanese gay men. In so doing, it touches on a number of important issues, including whether there can be a universal 'gay identity' and whether or not strategies developed for increasing gay and lesbian visibility in western countries are appropriate to the social situation in Japan

The Great Mirror of Male Love

Author : Saikaku Ihara
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0804718954

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Winner of the 1990 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature. ---------- "A welcome opportunity for wider comparison of the literary traditions and sexual conventions of Japanese and Euro-American cultures."--Journal of Japanese Studies

Moon Living Abroad Japan

Author : Ruthy Kanagy
Publisher : Moon Travel
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781631216404

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Moon Travel Guides: Make Your Move! From visas, to job-hunting, to cultural assimilation, get a head start on your life-changing move with Moon Living Abroad Japan. Inside you'll find: Practical information on setting up the essentials, including visas, finances, employment, education, and healthcare Firsthand insight on navigating the language and culture from experienced expat Ruthy Kanagy, an American raised in Japan Tips on finding housing that suits your needs and budget, whether you're renting or buying A thorough survey of the many regions, provinces, and individual cultures that Japan encompasses, to help you find the right new home for you Interviews with other expats who share their personal experiences building successful lives abroad How to plan a fact-finding trip before making the move to familiarize yourself with aspects of daily life in Japan: internet and phone access, schooling, banking, insurance, travel, transportation, and more Special tips for those making the move with children or pets Moon Living Abroad Japan takes the hassle out of planning your move, giving you the insider tips, practical resources, and local know-how to start your new life abroad!

Queer Eye

Author : Antoni Porowski,Tan France,Jonathan Van Ness,Bobby Berk,Karamo Brown
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781984823939

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Queer Eye by Antoni Porowski,Tan France,Jonathan Van Ness,Bobby Berk,Karamo Brown Pdf

From the Fab Five--the beloved hosts of Netflix's viral hit Queer Eye--comes a book that is at once a behind-the-scenes exclusive, a practical guide to living and celebrating your best life, and a symbol of hope. Feeling your best is about far more than deciding what color to paint your accent wall or how to apply nightly moisturizer. It's also about creating a life that's well-rounded, filled with humor and understanding--and most importantly, that suits you. At a cultural moment when we are all craving people to admire, Queer Eye offers hope and acceptance. After you get to know the Fab Five, together they will guide you through five practical chapters that go beyond their designated areas of expertise (food & wine, fashion, grooming, home decor, and culture), touching on topics like wellness, entertaining, and defining your personal brand, and complete with bite-sized Hip Tips for your everyday quandaries. Above all else, Queer Eye aims to help you create a happy and healthy life, rooted in self-love and authenticity.

Queer Voices from Japan

Author : Mark J. McLelland,Katsuhiko Suganuma,James Welker
Publisher : New Studies in Modern Japan
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Gays
ISBN : UCSC:32106018950151

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Queer Voices from Japan by Mark J. McLelland,Katsuhiko Suganuma,James Welker Pdf

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.

Gender and Identity around the World [2 volumes]

Author : Chuck Stewart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1052 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440867958

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Gender and Identity around the World [2 volumes] by Chuck Stewart Pdf

This book provides an indispensable resource for high school and college students interested in the history and current status of gender identity formation and maintenance and how it impacts LGBTQ rights throughout the world. Gender and Identity around the World explores a variety of gender and LGBTQ experiences and issues in countries from all the world's regions. Guided by more than 50 recognized academic experts, readers will examine how gender and LGBTQ identities are developed, fought for, perceived, and policed in countries as diverse as France, Brazil, Russia, Jordan, Iraq, and China. Each chapter opens with a general introduction to a country or group of countries and flows into a discussion of gender and identity in terms of culture, education, family life, health and wellness, law, work, and activism in that region of the world. A section on contemporary issues specific to the country or group of countries follows this discussion.

Sustainability, Diversity, and Equality: Key Challenges for Japan

Author : Kimiko Tanaka
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9783031363313

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Sustainability, Diversity, and Equality: Key Challenges for Japan by Kimiko Tanaka Pdf

This book enables readers to understand contemporary Japanese society and culture. Since it is written by experts, it allows readers to start with any chapters they are interested in. It also provides a unique way to introduce Japanese society and culture to those who have never visited or studied Japanese society by reading articles from various authors on topics such as gender, family, economy, natural disasters and politics and laws. It provides scholars, academics, graduate students and the general educated audience all the information required to understand contemporary Japanese society and culture fully and see the diverse perspectives available.