Japan’s Original Gay Boom

Authors

Mark J. McLelland, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

13419

Publication Details

McLelland, MJ, Japan’s Original Gay Boom, in Allen, M, and Sakamoto, R (eds), Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan, Routledge, 2006, 159-173. Copyright Routledge 2006. Original book available here.

Abstract

This paper looks at the rise of the category gei boi (gay boy) in postwar Japanese media.