Japanese queer/gay cinema

[Laura Treglia]

Hello,

  "Queer Asian cinema: shadows in the shade" ed. by Andrew Grossman  
may be of interest (See esp. the essays by Hall, Stringer and Helms).
Hope this helps.

Best

Laura

Il giorno 14/apr/10, alle ore 22:49, Dick Stegewerns ha scritto:

>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> 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.
>
> Film titles and reading suggestions (both English and Japanese)  
> most welcome.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick Stegewerns
> Oslo University
>
>
>
>
> On 13.04.2010 04:51, Alex Bates wrote:
>> How was the film?  I'm looking forward to seeing it.
>> There is a great resource at the Japan Foundation for finding  
>> translations:
>> http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/culture/media/exchange/translationsearch.html
>> A search there showed translations in German, Spanish, Polish,  
>> Italian, Hungarian and Czech, as well as English.
>> Here is the citation for the English version:
>> "Villon's Wife" translated by Donald Keene, in New Directions 15,  
>> 1955. pages: 176-195
>> best,
>> Alex
>> Alex Bates
>> East Asian Studies
>> Dickinson College
>> Carlisle, PA 17013
>> On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:19 PM, Michael Kerpan wrote:
>>> 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?
>


Laura Treglia
PhD candidate
Centre for Gender Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London






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