Description
Boys' love, a male-male homoerotic genre written primarily by women for women, enjoys global popularity and is one of the most rapidly growing publishing niches in the United States. It is found in manga, anime, novels, movies, electronic games, and fan-created fiction, artwork, and video. This collection of 14 essays addresses boys' love as it has been received and modified by fans outside Japan as a commodity, controversy, and culture.
Author: Antonia Levi
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 04/01/2010
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780786441952
ISBN10: 078644195X
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels
- Performing Arts | Animation (see also Film | Genres | Animated)
Author: Antonia Levi
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 04/01/2010
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780786441952
ISBN10: 078644195X
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels
- Performing Arts | Animation (see also Film | Genres | Animated)
About the Author
Antonia Levi is a retired professor of Japanese history and popular culture. She is the author of one previous book and numerous articles on Japanese anime and manga. Mark McHarry is an independent scholar of both contemporary and Edo-period Japanese culture. His essays have been published in Queer Popular Culture: Literature, Media, Film, and Television and LGBT Identity and Online New Media, as well as other journals. Dru Pagliassotti is a professor of communication at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks and the author of several books.