Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 43: Boys Love Manga
Cathy G. Johnson
Artwork by remus jackson.
Drawing a Dialogue is a podcast discussing comics in historical, educational + theoretical contexts by Cathy G. Johnson + remus jackson.
Episode 43: The common definition of BL, the acronym for Boys Love, is “a genre consisting of male-male romantic fictions created by women and for women in Japan, previously known as yaoi.” But is it only women? Cathy and remus discuss the history, contemporary status, and transformative power of BL manga for queer representation, using the awesome expert panel hosted by The Japan Foundation NY as citation: “Boys' Love: The History and Transformation of BL in Asia.” Join us!
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Theme song by Downtown Boys
Episode Citation:
Boys' Love: The History and Transformation of BL in Asia, The Japan Foundation, New York - YouTube
Lectures by: Akiko Misoguchi, Kim Hyojin, Kristine Santos, and Tom Baudinette.
Boys Love Manga and Beyond: History, Culture, and Community in Japan, edited by Mark McLelland, Kazumi Nagaike, Katsuhiko Suganuma, and James Walker
Do Heterosexual Men Dream of Homosexual Men?: BL Fudanshi and Discourse on Male Feminization, by Kazumi Nagaike (essay contained in above citation)
What are you reading?
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Toritan: Birds of a Feather by Kotetsuko Yamamoto