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Queer Intimacies and Cultural Dissent in Japanese Life: Quiet Subversion

by Masami Tamagawa
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781032954646
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 316
  • Original Price: USD 57.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 1
  • Item Weight: 472 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Gender Studies

Queer Intimacies and Cultural Dissent in Japanese Life: Quiet Subversion offers an intimate cartography of LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and others) expression across contemporary Japan.

Featuring over 100 profiles of activists, artists, politicians, scholars, theologians, manga creators, and media figures, this book introduces "quiet subversion" as a methodological framework for understanding how dissent operates through ambiguity, relational care, satire, and refusal. Writing as both a scholar and tōjisha (insider), the author analyzes personal testimonies, cultural texts, and public interventions to document the strategies that sustain queer life under social constraints. Moving beyond conventional survey approaches, the book presents firsthand accounts of how LGBTQ+ individuals navigate Japanese social structures while creating spaces for authentic expression.

Queer Intimacies and Cultural Dissent in Japanese Life: Quiet Subversion is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students in Queer Studies, Asian Studies, and Media Studies, as well as researchers exploring the intersections of identity, resistance, and cultural production in contemporary Japan.

Masami Tamagawa is Senior Teaching Professor of Japanese at Skidmore College, USA. His research focuses on the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals in Japan, queer diaspora, and cultural activism. He is the author of The Japanese LGBTQ+ Community in the World (Routledge, 2022).

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