[Image from this article about Taiwan legalizing queer marriage in 2019.]


Week 9
Tuesday, 3/8 - Introduction to the (mini) Course
No reading due


Week 10
Monday, 3/14
Discussion Questions due by 12 midnight to Canvas
Opening Survey due by 12 midnight

Tuesday, 3/15 - South Korea
John Song Pae Cho. 2009. "The Wedding Banquet Revisited: “Contract Marriages” Between Korean Gays and Lesbians." Anthropological Quarterly 82(2): 401-422.


Week 11
Monday, 3/21
Discussion Questions due by 12 midnight to Canvas

Tuesday, 3/22 - Taiwan
Amy Brainer. 2019. Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan. Rutgers University Press.
Introduction: Bringing Families of Origin into Focus and Chapter 3.

Please note - The add / drop deadline is 3/22 by midnight.

Week 12
Monday, 3/28
Discussion Questions due by 12 midnight to Canvas

Tuesday, 3/29 - Thailand
Dredge Byung’chu Kang. 2019. "The Softening of Butches: The Adoption of Korean 'Soft' Masculinity among Thai Toms." In Pop Empires: Transnational and Diasporic Flows of India and Korea, edited by S. Heijin Lee, Monika Mehta, and Robert Ji-Song Ku. The University of Hawai'i Press.


Week 13
Monday, 4/4
Discussion Questions due by 12 midnight to Canvas

Tuesday, 4/5 - Japan
Patrick Galbraith. "Moe Talk: Affective Communication among Female Fans of Yaoi in Japan." Pages: 153-168.
Kazumi Nagaike. "Do Heterosexual Men Dream of Homosexual Men? BL Fudanshi and Discourse on Male Feminization." Pages: 189-209.
Both from Boys Love Manga and Beyond: History, Culture, and Community in Japan, 2015. Edited by Mark McLelland, Kazumi Nagaike, Katsuhiko Suganuma, and James Welker. The University of Mississippi Press.


Week 14
Monday, 4/11
Discussion Questions due by 12 midnight to Canvas

Tuesday, 4/12 - India
Naisargi N. Dave. 2011. "Indian and Lesbian and What Came Next: Affect, Commensuration, and Queer Emergences." American Ethnologist 38(4): 650–665.
Here is the trailer for Deepa Mehta's film Fire, which is discussed at the beginning of the article.


Week 15
Tuesday, 4/19 - Final Thoughts and Future Questions
No new reading due.