Female masculinity and fantasy spaces: Transcending genders in the takarazuka theatre and Japanese popular culture

Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan: Dislocating the Salaryman Doxa

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 59-76

  Nakamura, Karen ^a   Matsuo, Hisako ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (Japan)

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EID: 85069306174     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203994955-9     Document Type: Chapter

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