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Cartographies of Desire: Male-Male Sexuality in Japanese Discourse, 1600–1950 Gregory M. Pflugfelder 1st edition
Cartographies of Desire: Male-Male Sexuality in Japanese Discourse, 1600–1950
Gregory M. Pflugfelder
A study of the mapping and remapping of male-male sexuality over four centuries of Japanese history. It explores the languages of medicine, law, and popular culture from the seventeenth century through the American Occupation. It opens with speculations about how an Edo translator might grapple with a twentieth-century text on homosexuality.
411 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 19, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520251656 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 410 |
| Dimensions | 281 × 155 × 31 mm · 682 g |
| Language | English |