Beyond Diversity: Queer Politics, Activism, and Representation in Contemporary Japan

Open Access Published by düsseldorf university press 2024

Beyond Diversity

Queer Politics, Activism, and Representation in Contemporary Japan

Edited by: Kazuyoshi Kawasaka and Stefan Würrer

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110767995

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Japan presents a unique context for conducting queer studies. Unlike Europe, North America, and other regions of the world, it is said to lack homophobia due to the absence of Christianity as moral foundation. Furthermore, the situation of LGBTQ+ people has changed rapidly over the past ten years, as the Tokyo Olympics provided another impulse for discussions about sexual minority rights. As a result, recent surveys show a dramatic increase in the acceptance of same-sex marriage.

However, Japan is the only G7 country that does not recognize same-sex partnerships and sexual minorities are not legally protected from discrimination. This is due to deeply rooted traditional and religiously tainted family values, represented and perpetuated by post-war Japan’s deeply conservative political establishment.

While LGBTQ+ issues in Japan have received scholarly attention since the 1990s, there is little scholarship in English on developments after 2000, let alone in the form of anthologies. This volume will bridge this gap by shedding light on political and cultural representations of and by sexual minorities in Japan after 2000, making, thus, available in English a completely novel perspective on LGBTQ+ issues in Japan and East Asia.

10 cutting-edge articles on LGBTQ+ issues in Japan
intense focus on education, transgender migration, and representations of queer identities in video games
invaluable addition to English teaching material

Author / Editor information

Kazuyoshi Kawasaka, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany; Stefan Würrer, Musashi University, Japan.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Notes on translation and transliteration Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Introduction: A new age of visibility? LGBTQ+ issues in contemporary Japan Kazuyoshi Kawasaka and Stefan Würrer Open Access Download PDF	1
The progress of LGBT rights in Japan in the 2010s Kazuyoshi Kawasaka Open Access Download PDF	21
Same-sex partnerships in Japan: Would legalization mean deradicalization? Diana Khor and Saori Kamano Open Access Download PDF	39
LGBTQ human rights in Japanese laws and policies Hiroyuki Taniguchi Open Access Download PDF	57
Being LGBT in disasters: Lived experiences from Japan Azusa Yamashita Open Access Download PDF	73
Queer politics and solidarity: Post–Cold War homonationalism in East Asia Genya Fukunaga Open Access Download PDF	99
Medals and conspiracies: Chinese and Japanese online trans-exclusionary discourses during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Guo Lifu Open Access Download PDF	117
Transcending the gendered body? Transphobia and the construction of the self in the writing of Shōno Yoriko Stefan Würrer Open Access Download PDF	135
Feeling the friction: Reworking Japanese film studies/criticism from a queer lens Yutaka Kubo Open Access Download PDF	165
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	185
Index Open Access Download PDF	187

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Languages: English, Japanese
Publisher: düsseldorf university press
Audience: Scholars specialized in Gender, Queer and Cultural Studies with a special focus on LGBTQ+ issues in Japan and East Asia.
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 190
Illustrations
- Tables: 3
Keywords: LGBTQ+; gender identiy; Japan; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: January 29, 2024
ISBN: 9783110767995

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Published: January 29, 2024
ISBN: 9783110765823