Cartographies of desire

"In this study of the mapping and remapping of male-male sexuality over four centuries of Japanese history, Gregory Pflugfelder explores the languages of popular culture, law, and medicine from the seventeenth century through the American Occupation." "This multidisciplinary and theoretically engaged analysis will interest not only students and scholars of Japan but also readers of gay studies, literary studies, gender studies, and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET.