Queer Transfigurations
eBook - PDF

Queer Transfigurations

Boys Love Media in Asia

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Queer Transfigurations

Boys Love Media in Asia

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Information

Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9780824892234
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Gender Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Series Editor’s Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. A Note on Language and Names
  5. 1 Introduction: Boys Love (BL) Media and Its Asian Transfigurations
  6. Part I East Asia
  7. China
  8. 2 Between BL and Slash: Danmei Fiction, Transcultural Mediation, and Changing Gender Norms in Contemporary China
  9. 3 Breaking the Structural Silence: The Sociological Function of Danmei Novels in Contemporary China
  10. 4 BL as a “Resource of Hope” among Chinese Gay Men in Japan
  11. 5 Straight Men, Gay Buddies: The Chinese BL Boom and Its Impact on Male Homosociality
  12. Hong Kong
  13. 6 “Send Them to Mars!”: Boys Love Erotica and Civil Rights in Hong Kong
  14. South Korea
  15. 7 The Commercialization and Popularization of Boys Love in South Korea
  16. 8 Rethinking the Meaning of Boys Love in an Era of Feminism: Online Discourse on “Leaving BL” in Late 2010s Korea
  17. Taiwan
  18. 9 Repression or Revolution?: On the Taiwanese BL Fan Community’s Reactions to the Same-Sex Marriage Legalization Movement
  19. Part II Southeast Asia
  20. Indonesia
  21. 10 Hiding in Plain Sight: Boys Love Content at Indonesia’s “Comic Frontier”
  22. 11 Dissonant Passions: Indonesian Boys Love Fans’ Identity Negotiation and Perspectives on LGBT Issues
  23. Philippines
  24. 12 BL Coupling in a Different Light: Filipino Fans Envisioning an Alternative Model of Intimacy
  25. Singapore
  26. 13 Docile BL Bodies: Boys Love under State and Societal Censorship in Singapore
  27. Thailand
  28. 14 The Queer if Limited Effects of Boys Love Manga Fandom in Thailand
  29. 15 Faen of Gay Faen: Realizing Boys Love in Thailand betwixt Imagination and Existence
  30. Part III South Asia
  31. India
  32. 16 Desi Desu: Sex, Sexuality, and BL Consumption in Urban India
  33. Part IV Border Crossing
  34. 17 Glocalization of Boys Love Dōjinshi in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Australia
  35. 18 On the Psychology, Physicality, and Communication Strategies of Male Fans of BL in East Asia: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Men’s Desires to “Become” Fudanshi
  36. 19 From Legends to Games to Homoerotic Fiction: Dynasty Warriors BL Texts from China, Japan, and Taiwan
  37. Afterword: Boys Love as a World-Shaping Genre
  38. Contributors
  39. Index