Boys' love manga
Essays on the sexual ambiguity and cross-cultural fandom of the genre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20006079 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti |
| Year | 2008 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Boys' love manga (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology (PUBLISHER • JP) |
| OpenAlex | W619132169 |
| Open Library | OL24040357M |
| ISBN | 9780786441952 |
| GOOGLE_BOOK_ID | 9vn7hjM2v4QC |
| Language | EN |
Boys' love, a male-male homoerotic genre written primarily by women for women, enjoys global popularity and is one of the most rapidly growing publishing niches in the United States. It is found in manga, anime, novels, movies, electronic games, and fan-created fiction, artwork, and video. This collection of 14 essays addresses boys' love as it has been received and modified by fans outside Japan as a commodity, controversy, and culture
Advertising · Ambiguity · Anime · Art · Catharsis · Commodity · Fandom · Literature · Media studies · Popular culture · Popularity · Publishing · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Psychology · Social Psychology · Cartoonists · Comic books, strips · Comic books, strips, etc · Comic books, strips, etc., history and criticism · Gay erotic comic books, strips · History and criticism · Homosexuality · Homosexuality in art · Japanese influences · Women cartoonists
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |