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Boys Love Manga and Beyond: History, Culture, and Community in Japan

By Mark McLelland (Editor), Kazumi Nagaike (Editor), Katsuhiko Suganuma (Editor), James Welker (Editor)
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By Mark McLelland (Editor), Kazumi Nagaike (Editor), Katsuhiko Suganuma (Editor), James Welker (Editor)
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Boys Love Manga and Beyond looks at a range of literary, artistic and other cultural products that celebrate the beauty of adolescent boys and young men. In Japan, depiction of the "beautiful boy" has long been a romantic and sexualized trope for both sexes and commands a high degree of cultural visibility today across a range of genres from pop music to animation. In recent decades, "Boys Love" (or simply BL) has emerged as a mainstream genre in manga, anime, and games for girls and young ...

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