Gary Leupp: Male Colors | Buch

Cover: 9780520209008 | Male Colors | The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan

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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.

Über den Autor

Gary P. Leupp is Associate Professor of History at Tufts University and the author of Servants, Shophands, and Laborers in the Cities of Tokugawa Japan (1992).

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	1997
Genre:	Importe , Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780520209008
ISBN-10:	0520209001
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Leupp, Gary
Hersteller:	University of California Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	227 x 153 x 21 mm
Von/Mit:	Gary Leupp
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.05.1997
Gewicht:	0,671 kg