Collection Title
Japanese materials dealing with sexual minority cultures and identities across the twentieth century.
Project Title
Global/local intersections: history, identity and community in a Tokyo subculture.
Date range
1921-2008
Description
Investigation of the history of queer communities and identities in Tokyo. Dataset is a searchable database of often obscure Japanese language materials dealing with sexual minority subculture in Japan.Database is in Japanese and contains 2517 items ranging from 1921 to 2008. The collection is particularly strong in titles from the late 40s, 50s and 60s.
FoR Codes
200205 Culture, Gender, Sexuality, 200209 Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies, 210302 Asian History
Keywords
gender identity, homosexuality, transsexualism, sexual minorities
UOW Key
uow.edu.au/COL/77
Persistent Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/102.100.100/6960
Source
University of Wollongong
Access Rights
Open access.