東アジアの社会II

Week 1: Introduction Week 2: Sexuality studies on Japan Katsuhiko Suganuma. 2014. Sexual minority studies on Japan. in Mark McLelland, Vera Mackie (eds) Routledge Handbook of Sexuality Studies in East Asia. London: Routledge, 244-255. Week 3: History of queer women in modern Japan Claire Maree. 2014. Queer women’s culture and history in Japan. . in Mark McLelland, Vera Mackie (eds) Routledge Handbook of Sexuality Studies in East Asia. London: Routledge, 230-243. Week 4: Trans history in Japan Mark McLelland (2004) From the stage to the clinic: changing transgender identities in post-war Japan, Japan Forum, 16:1, 1-20, DOI: 10.1080/*****000189302 Week 5: History of ideas of male homosexuality in Japan Makoto, Furukawa, and Angus Lockyer. The Changing Nature of Sexuality: The Three Codes Framing Homosexuality in Modern Japan. U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal. English Supplement, no. 7 (1994): 98–127. http://www.jstor.org/***** Week 6 : Politics of visibility and invisibility for lesbians Ikuko Sugiura Translated by Kimberly Hughes. (2011). Increasing Lesbian Visibility . In Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow(ed) Transforming Japan: How Feminism and Diversity are Making a Difference. The Feminist Press, pp. 164-176. Week 7: AIDS crisis and gay men Takashi Kazama and Kazuya Kawaguchi. 2003. ‘HIV risk and the (im)permeability of the male body: representations and realities of gay men in Japan. In James E. Roberson and Nobue Suzuki (eds) Men and Masculinity in Contemporary Japan: Dislocating the salary man doxa. London: Routledge. Pp.180-197. Week 8: Hentai (perverts) or queer ? HITOSHI ISHIDA, MARK MCLELLAND, TAKANORI MURAKAMI. 2005. The origins of “queer studies” in postwar Japan. In Genders, Transgenders and Sexualities in Japan. London: Routledge, pp. 33-48. Week 9: Orientalism and queer studies on Japan Diana Kohr 2010. ‘Foreign Gaze? A Critical look at claims about same-sex sexuality in Japan in the English language literature.’ Gender and Sexuality Vol. 5. Week 10: Diversity and LGBT acceptance in the 2010s Kazuyoshi Kawasaka. 2024. The Progress of LGBT rights in Japan in the 2010s: in Kawasaka, K. and Würer, S. (eds.) Beyond Diversity: Queer Politics, Activism, and Representation in Contemporary Japan. Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf University Press. pp.21-38 Week 11: Being queer under natural disasters in Japan Azusa Yamashita. 2024. Being LGBT in disasters: Lived experiences from Japan. in Kawasaka, K. and Würer, S. (eds.) Beyond Diversity: Queer Politics, Activism, and Representation in Contemporary Japan. Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf University Press. pp.73-98. Week 12: Japanese LGBT diasporas Masami Tamagawa. 2020. Discussions. In Japanese LGBT Diasporas: Gender, Immigration Policy and Diverse Experiences. Palgrave, pp. 119-145. Week 13: Transnational solidarity in Asia Genya Fukunaga. 2024. Queer politics and solidarity: Post–Cold War homonationalism in East Asia. in Kawasaka, K. and Würer, S. (eds.) Beyond Diversity: Queer Politics, Activism, and Representation in Contemporary Japan. Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf University Press. pp.99-116.

This course requires students to make at least one presentation (10-15 minutes) summarizing a reading assignment in English to the class and to actively participate in class as well as submitting a final term paper (2000-2500 words).

Class attendance and participation: 25% Class Presentation: 25% Term’s essay: 50%

Gregory M. M. Pflugfelder. 2007. Cartographies of Desire: Male-Male Sexuality in Japanese Discourse, 1600–1950. University of California Press Michel Foucault. 2008. History of Sexuality Vol.1 Penguin

-This class covers wide topics of gender and sexuality. If you are uncomfortable talking about these issues, this course may not be suitable. -If you make repeatedly offensive comments in the class, you may be refused attendance. In that case, you will not receive credits from the course.