Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature: Male Love, Erotics, and Intimacy, 1886-2014 is an anthology of translated Japanese literature about men behaving lovingly, erotically, and intimately with other men. Covering more than 125 years of modern and contemporary Japanese history, this book aims to introduce a diverse array of authors to an English-speaking audience and provide further context for their works. While no anthology can comprehensively represent queer Japanese literature, these selections nonetheless expand our understanding of queerness in Japanese culture.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Whether you are looking for literature to accompany a morning cup of coffee, an academic seeking a text for a course on sexuality, or desire an introduction to modern Japanese literature that eschews most of the "canonical" authors, Queer Subjects should be on your shortlist of possibilities."
-World Literature Today -- Erik R. Lofgren * World Literature Today *
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Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-472-07567-6 (9780472075676)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12296457
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Stephen D. Miller is Associate Professor of Japanese at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Introduction
Chapter 1: "A Portrait of Young Sangoro" [Shonen sugata] by Yamada Bimyo (1886)
translated by Nick Albertson
Chapter 2: "The Little Historian" [Sho rekishika] by Nishimura Suimu (1907)
translated by Kristin Sivak and Chelsea Bernard
Chapter 3: "Is This Love?" [Ai ka] by Yi Kwangsu (1909)
translated by Janet Poole
Chapter 4: "Whistle" [Kuchibue], by Orikuchi Shinobu (1914)
translated by Joseph Boxman
Chapter 5: Three Stories by Inagaki Taruho
translated by Jeffrey Angles
"Karl and the White Lamp"
[Karu to shiroi dento]
[1924, revised 1954]
"Pince-Nez Glasses"
[Hana megane]
[1924, revised 1969]
"The False Mustache"
[Tsukihige]
[1924, revised 1969]
Chapter 6: Two essays by Hamao Shiro (1930)
translated by Steve Dodd
"Thoughts on Homosexuality"
[Doseiai ko]
"More Thoughts on Homosexuality"
[Futatabi doseiai ni tsuite]
Chapter 7: "Squalid Alleyways" [Roko] by Kataoka Teppei (1934)
translated by Mio Akasako and Amanda Seaman
Chapter 8: Selected Tanka from Haku'u and Tomo no sho by Kasugai Ken (1960)
translated by Scott Mehl
Chapter 9: "Worse for Love" [Ai no shokei], by "Sakakiyama Tamotsu" (Mishima Yukio) (1960)
translated by Sam Bett
Chapter 10: "I Am Not Going on Sunday" [Nichiyobi ni wa boku wa ikanai] by Mori Mari (1961)
translated by Bob Tierney
Chapter 11: "Sacred Headland" from Sacred Triangle (Seisan kakukei) by Takahashi Mutsuo (1972)
translated by Paul McCarthy
Chapter 12: "Red Palm Leaves" [Ai no yashi no ha], by Medoruma Shun (1992)
translated by Davinder Bhowmik
Chapter 13: Selections from Gay Poems [Gei poemuzu] by Tanaka Atsusuke (2014)
translated by Jeffrey Angles
Chapter 14: "The Story of a Strange Belly" [Kifukutan] by Fukushima Jiro (2005)
translated by Bruce Suttmeier
Chapter 15: "Time Differences" [Jisa] by Tawada Yoko (2006)
translated by Jeffrey Angles
Chapter 16: "The Playroom" [Mikkusu rumu], by Morii Ryo (2014)
translated by Stephen D. Miller
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
