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McHarry, Mark. "Identity Unmoored: Yaoi in the west." Queer Popular Culture. Literature, Media, Film, and Television. Ed. Thomas Peele. New York [etc.]: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 183–95. Added by: joachim (12/01/2024, 10:54) Last edited by: joachim (12/01/2024, 10:55) |
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| Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English BibTeX citation key: McHarry2007 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Gender, Identity, Japan, Manga Creators: McHarry, Peele Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (New York [etc.]) Collection: Queer Popular Culture. Literature, Media, Film, and Television |
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Yaoi describes homoerotic works created by fans, mostly girls and women, of young male characters in Japanese manga (comics) and anime (animation). Long established in Japan, yaoi has become popular in the West. Some same-sex attracted males in both regions have criticized yaoi’s representations as unrealistic and oppressive yet others enjoy them. Reading a Western yaoi story with the ideas of gender theorists Judith Butler, Elizabeth Grosz, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick as a frame of reference, I show how yaoi troubles conventional notions of identity and gender to the point where it may be considered a form of resistance to them.
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