(Un)gendering the homoerotic body: Imagining subjects in boys' love and yaoi

Language is a condition for a subject's formation, and identity is a factor in a subject's understanding of self. The Japanese-derived literary forms boys' love and yaoi portray male subjects as valorizing and acting on same-sex erotic desire, yet with little or no sense of possessing...

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Main Author: Mark McHarry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2011-11-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
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Online Access:http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/257/250