Cartographies of Desire: Male-Male Sexuality in Japanese Discourse, 1600-1950

In this sweeping study of the mapping and remapping of male—male sexuality over four centuries of Japanese history, Gregory Pflugfelder explores the languages of medicine, law, and popular culture from the seventeenth century through the American Occupation.

Pflugfelder opens with fascinating speculations about how an Edo translator might grapple with a twentieth—century text on homosexuality, then turns to law, literature, newspaper articles, medical tracts, and other sources to discover Ja...