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This is the first English translation of a controversial Japanese best seller that made the public aware of the social problem of hikikomori, or "withdrawal"--A phenomenon estimated to involve approximately one million Japanese adolescents and young adults. Drawing on his own cl…
This is the first English translation of a controversial Japanese best seller that made the public aware of the social problem of hikikomori, or 'withdrawal' -- a phenomenon estimated to involve as many as one million Japanese adolescents and young adults who have withdrawn from…
Despite its centuries-long tradition of literary and artistic depictions of love between men, around the fin de siècle Japanese culture began to portray same-sex desire as immoral. This book looks at the response to this mindset during the critical era of cultural ferment betwee…
Despite its centuries-long tradition of literary and artistic depictions of love between men, around the fin de siFcle Japanese culture began to portray same-sex desire as immoral. Writing the Love of Boys looks at the response to this mindset during the critical era of cultural…