The past, present, and future of Boys Love (BL) cultures in East Asia

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ID20046937
AuthorsJungmin Kwon (0000-0002-2151-5690, corresponding author)
Year2021
Pages96-112
Publication date2021-01-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueTransnational Convergence of East Asian Pop Culture (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781003126850-8
OpenAlexW3124261263
ISBN9781003126850
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited1

Chapter 6 discusses the past, present, and future of Boys Love (BL) cultures in East Asia. It raises a question of how this particular subculture (i.e., BL fandom in East Asia) could obtain strong fan bases across national and linguistic boundaries and beyond political, cultural, and historical conflicts. She firstly historicizes BL culture and its development in each East Asian country, with a focus on reciprocal actions. Then she explores the root of shared fantasies about the male body that are described in BL content among BL participants and offers culturally specific backgrounds regarding BL’s origin, such as Confucianism and the oppressive education system. Next, she moves on to examining recent, noticeable BL phenomena that are commonly discovered in East Asian popular cultures

Archaeology · China · East Asia · Geography · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Digital Games and Media · History · Media, Gender, and Advertising

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