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Hello,<div><br><div> <font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">"Queer Asian cinema: shadows </span></font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">in</span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> the shade" ed. by Andrew Grossman may be of interest (See esp. the essays by Hall, Stringer and Helms).</span></font></div><div>Hope this helps.</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div><div>Laura</div></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div>Il giorno 14/apr/10, alle ore 22:49, Dick Stegewerns ha scritto:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dear colleagues,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I have a graduate student who wants to write on Japanese films dealing with homo- or trans-sexuality but who is not terribly successful in finding films and sources. I am afraid my mind is blank and I cannot think of more than a handful of films (not pink or porn) in which homosexuality is a major theme and cannot recollect having read one book or article on the subject.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Film titles and reading suggestions (both English and Japanese) most welcome.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Regards,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dick Stegewerns</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Oslo University</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On 13.04.2010 04:51, Alex Bates wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">How was the film?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I'm looking forward to seeing it.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">There is a great resource at the Japan Foundation for finding translations:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/culture/media/exchange/translationsearch.html">http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/culture/media/exchange/translationsearch.html</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">A search there showed translations in German, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Hungarian and Czech, as well as English.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Here is the citation for the English version:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">"Villon's Wife" translated by Donald Keene, in New Directions 15, 1955. pages: 176-195</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">best,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Alex</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Alex Bates</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">East Asian Studies</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dickinson College</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Carlisle, PA 17013</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:19 PM, Michael Kerpan wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Just enjoyed seeing Negishi's new adaptation of Dazai's Villon's Wife -- and wonder if there is an English translation of the source story?</div> </blockquote></blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Laura Treglia</div><div>PhD candidate</div><div>Centre for Gender Studies</div><div>School of Oriental and African Studies</div><div>University of London</div><div> <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></div></div></body></html>