Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan
by Gary Leupp
Gary Leupp explores how homosexuality was constructed and understood in Tokugawa Japan. Focusing on the historical relationship between sexuality, gender, and society, Male Colors provides a focused study of Japanese cultural history and the ways concepts of same-sex desire took shape within a specific period.
About This Book
Male Colors examines the construction of homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan.
Gary Leupp’s study places sexuality within the historical and cultural context of the Tokugawa period.
The book explores how ideas about same-sex desire and identity were formed and understood in Japanese society.
It offers a focused perspective on the relationship between sexuality, gender, and history.
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