Boys Love Manga and Beyond: History, Culture, and Community in Japan

A critical examination of the "beautiful boy" love comics that enthralled fans in Japan and then worldwide

Publisher Marketing: Boys Love Manga and Beyond , the first comprehensive analysis of the boys love phenomenon in Japan, traces narratives of beautiful boys and young men across a range of media and reading publics. While crafting a remarkably cohesive volume, the editors have also made room for lively disagreement among their writers, opening questions that will no doubt inspire vigorous debate inside and outside the classroom. Drawing from diverse disciplinary homes, the authors unite in their attention to historical context, analytical precision, and close readings of diverse boys love texts. Boys Love Manga and Beyond exemplifies the best of cultural criticism, keenly aware of the politics and pleasure of fantasy. An indispensable book for all interested in contemporary Japanese popular culture.--Jan Bardsley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Review Quotes : This volume adds depth and complexity to the study of boys' love manga in English and brings Japanese-language scholarship into the Anglophone discourse. It is a welcome addition to the growing field of scholarship on Japanese popular culture, particularly on manga for girls and women . . . it helps provide a fuller picture of what girls and women are reading, writing, and drawing and why.--Deborah Shamoon "Journal of Japanese Studies" Biographical Note : Mark McLelland is professor of gender and sexuality studies at the University of Wollongong. Kazumi Nagaike is associate professor in the Center for International Education and Research at Oita University. Katsuhiko Suganuma is a lecturer in the School of Humanities at the University of Tasmania. James Welker is associate professor of cross-cultural studies at Kanagawa University. Publisher Marketing : Boys Love Manga and Beyond looks at a range of literary, artistic and other cultural products that celebrate the beauty of adolescent boys and young men. In Japan, depiction of the "beautiful boy" has long been a romantic and sexualized trope for both sexes and commands a high degree of cultural visibility today across a range of genres from pop music to animation.

Format: Paperback | Pages: 304 | Publication Date: 2015-12-14