| Description |
viii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
""Boys' love," a male-male homoerotic genre written primarily by women for women, enjoys global popularity and is one of the most rapidly growing publishing niches in the United States. It is found in manga, anime, novels, movies, electronic games, and fan-created fiction, artwork, and video. This collection of 14 essays addresses boys' love as it has been received and modified by fans outside Japan as a commodity, controversy, and culture"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
1. Gift Versus Capitalist Economies : Exchanging Anime and Manga in the U.S. / Hope Donovan -- 2. From BRAVO to Animexx.de to Export : Capitalizing on German Boys' Love Fandom, Culturally, Socially and Economically / Paul M. Malone -- 3. Boys' Love Thrives in Conservative Indonesia / Yamila Abraham -- 4. Better Than Romance? Japanese BL Manga and the Subgenre of Male/Male Romantic Fiction / Dru Pagliassotti -- 5. Yaoi and Slash Fiction: Women Writing, Reading, and Getting Off? / Mark John Isola -- 6. 101 Uses for Boys : Communing with the Reader in Yaoi and Slash / Marni Stanley -- 7. "She Should Just Die in a Ditch" : Fan Reactions to Female Characters in Boys' Love Manga / M.M. Blair -- 8. Rewriting Gender and Sexuality in English-Language Yaoi Fanfiction / Tan Bee Kee -- 9. Uttering the Absurd, Revaluing the Abject : Femininity and the Disavowal of Homosexuality in Transnational Boys' Love Manga / Neal K. Akatsuka -- 10. Boys in Love in Boys' Love : Discourses West/East and the Abject in Subject Formation / Mark McHarry -- 11. Queering the Quotidian : Yaoi, Narrative Pleasures and Reader Response / Mark Vicars and Kim Senior -- 12. Gay or Gei? Reading "Realness" in Japanese Yaoi Manga / Alexis Hall -- 13. Raping Apollo : Sexual Difference and the Yaoi Phenomenon / Alan Williams -- 14. Hidden in Straight Sight : Trans*gressing Gender and Sexuality via BL / Uli Meyer. |
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Boys love (Gay erotica) -- History and criticism.
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Boys love (Gay erotica) |
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Manga (Comic books) -- History and criticism.
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Manga (Comic books) |
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Gay erotic comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism.
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Gay erotic comic books, strips, etc. |
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Male homosexuality in comics.
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Male homosexuality in comics. |
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Women cartoonists.
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Women cartoonists. |
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Popular culture -- Japanese influences.
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Popular culture -- Japanese influences. |
| Genre/Form |
Comics criticism.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Graphic novels.
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Graphic novels.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Comics (Graphic works)
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| Added Author |
Levi, Antonia, 1947- editor.
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McHarry, Mark, 1951- editor.
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Pagliassotti, Dru, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780786441952 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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078644195X |
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