Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa JapanUniversity of California Press, 28. tra 2023. - Broj stranica: 317 Tokugawa Japan ranks with ancient Athens as a society that not only tolerated, but celebrated, male homosexual behavior. Few scholars have seriously studied the subject, and until now none have satisfactorily explained the origins of the tradition or elucidated how its conventions reflected class structure and gender roles. Gary P. Leupp fills the gap with a dynamic examination of the origins and nature of the tradition. Based on a wealth of literary and historical documentation, this study places Tokugawa homosexuality in a global context, exploring its implications for contemporary debates on the historical construction of sexual desire. Combing through popular fiction, law codes, religious works, medical treatises, biographical material, and artistic treatments, Leupp traces the origins of pre-Tokugawa homosexual traditions among monks and samurai, then describes the emergence of homosexual practices among commoners in Tokugawa cities. He argues that it was "nurture" rather than "nature" that accounted for such conspicuous male/male sexuality and that bisexuality was more prevalent than homosexuality. Detailed, thorough, and very readable, this study is the first in English or Japanese to address so comprehensively one of the most complex and intriguing aspects of Japanese history. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996. Tokugawa Japan ranks with ancient Athens as a society that not only tolerated, but celebrated, male homosexual behavior. Few scholars have seriously studied the subject, and until now none have satisfactorily explained the origins of the tradition or eluc |
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Monastic Homosexuality | 27 |
The Influence of Feudalism | 47 |
The Influence of Monastic Pederasty | 51 |
The Character of PreTokugawa Nanshoku | 55 |
The Commercialization of Nanshoku | 58 |
Homosexuality and Bourgeois Culture | 78 |
Nanshoku and the Law | 156 |
Nanshoku and Violence | 164 |
Nanshoku and the Construction of Gender | 171 |
The Fascination with Androgyny | 172 |
The Acceptance of Male Sexual Passivity | 178 |
Womens Roles and the Insertees Role | 182 |
Womens Iro | 187 |
The Taboo Against MaleMale Fellation | 191 |
Tokugawa Homosexual Culture | 94 |
The Prevalence of Bisexuality | 95 |
The ActivePassive Dichotomy | 109 |
The Object of Desire | 122 |
Egalitarian Homosexual Relationships | 137 |
Social Status and Sexual Roles | 142 |
Social Tolerance | 145 |
Acceptance and Criticism | 146 |
Nanshoku and Heterosexual Romance | 194 |
Conclusions and Speculations | 198 |
A Boors Tale | 205 |
List of Characters | 219 |
Notes | 227 |
Bibliography | 279 |
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Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan Gary P. Leupp Pregled nije dostupan - 1997 |
Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan Gary P. Leupp Pregled nije dostupan - 1995 |
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