Genders, Transgenders and Sexualities in Japan

Incorporating Japanese language materials and field-based research, this compelling collection of essays takes a comparative look at the changing notions of gender and sexual diversity in Japan.

Introduction Mark McLelland and Romit Dasgupta 2. Hegemonic Gender in Japanese as a Foreign Language Education: Australian Perspectives Yuriko Nagata and Kristen Sullivan 3. The Origins of 'Queer Studies' in Postwar Japan Hitoshi Ishida, Mark McElland and Takanori Murakami 4. Transgendering Shojo Shosetsu: Girls' Inter-text/sex-uality Tomoko Aoyama 5. From The Well of Loneliness to the Akarui Rezubian: Western translations and Japanese lesbian identities Beverly Curran and James Welker 6. The Politics of Okama and Onabe: Uses and abuses of terminology regarding homosexuality and transgender Will Lunsing 7. Salarymen Doing Queer: Gay men and heterosexual public sphere Mark McLelland 8. Being Male in a Female World: Masculinity and gender in Okinawan Shamanism Matthew Allen 9. 'Understanding through the Body': The masquerades of Mishima Yukio and Morimura Yasumasa Vera Mackie 10. an Introduction to Men's Studies Kimio Ito 11. Rethinking Japanese Masculinities: Recent research trends Futoshi Taga 12. Salarymen Doing Straight: Heterosexual Men and the Dynamics of Gender Conformity Romit Dasgupta 13. Feminist Futures in Japan - Exploring the Work of Haruka Yoko and Kitahara Minori Laura Dales 14 Commodified Romance in a Tokyo Host Club Akiko Takeyama