Writing the Love of Boys : Origins of Bishonen Culture in Modernist Japanese Literature /

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Despite its centuries-long tradition of literary and artistic depictions of love between men, around the fin de siFcle Japanese culture began to portray same-sex desire as immoral. Writing the Love of Boys looks at the response to this mindset during the critical era of cultural ferment between the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Angles, Jeffrey, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Modernism (Literature)
Japanese literature.
Homosexuality in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Japanese.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
Modernisme (Litterature) > Japon.
Homosexualite dans la litterature.
Litterature japonaise > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Modernism (Literature) > Japan.
Japanese literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Japan.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Despite its centuries-long tradition of literary and artistic depictions of love between men, around the fin de siFcle Japanese culture began to portray same-sex desire as immoral. Writing the Love of Boys looks at the response to this mindset during the critical era of cultural ferment between the two world wars as a number of Japanese writers challenged the idea of love and desire between men as pathological. Jeffrey Angles focuses on key writers, examining how they experimented with new language, genres, and ideas to find fresh ways to represent love and desire between men. He traces the pe.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (312 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816676835

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