Thomas Baudinette is Lecturer in International Studies, Macquarie University, Australia.

"Regimes of Desire expands its cultural knowledge production beyond the realm of Japan studies, making a significant interdisciplinary contribution to fields such as sociology, anthropology, critical cultural studies, affect studies, communication studies, queer studies, Japanese culture studies, media studies, rhetoric, and more. The book's epistemological and methodological commitment renders this study inherently interdisciplinary, navigating theoretically complex and dense conversations with clarity and comprehensiveness through the incorporation of informants' narratives and archival materials."

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Shinjuku Ni-chōme: Typing, Media and the Commodification of Desire 2. Four Young Men’s Transformative Engagements with Gay Media 3. The Curse of the Beautiful Boy: Privileging Hardness, Rejecting Femininity 4. Japanese Gay Pornography: Typing and the Fetishization of Heterosexuality 5. Gay Magazines: Typing, Lifestyles and Gay Identity 6. Online Dating Services: Strategic Typing and the Limits of Agency Conclusion: Regimes of Desire and Hope in Japan’s LGBT Boom Glossary of Terms References Notes Index

Thomas Baudinette is Lecturer in International Studies, Macquarie University, Australia.

"Regimes of Desire expands its cultural knowledge production beyond the realm of Japan studies, making a significant interdisciplinary contribution to fields such as sociology, anthropology, critical cultural studies, affect studies, communication studies, queer studies, Japanese culture studies, media studies, rhetoric, and more. The book's epistemological and methodological commitment renders this study inherently interdisciplinary, navigating theoretically complex and dense conversations with clarity and comprehensiveness through the incorporation of informants' narratives and archival materials."

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Shinjuku Ni-chōme: Typing, Media and the Commodification of Desire 2. Four Young Men’s Transformative Engagements with Gay Media 3. The Curse of the Beautiful Boy: Privileging Hardness, Rejecting Femininity 4. Japanese Gay Pornography: Typing and the Fetishization of Heterosexuality 5. Gay Magazines: Typing, Lifestyles and Gay Identity 6. Online Dating Services: Strategic Typing and the Limits of Agency Conclusion: Regimes of Desire and Hope in Japan’s LGBT Boom Glossary of Terms References Notes Index

Thomas Baudinette is Lecturer in International Studies, Macquarie University, Australia.

"Regimes of Desire expands its cultural knowledge production beyond the realm of Japan studies, making a significant interdisciplinary contribution to fields such as sociology, anthropology, critical cultural studies, affect studies, communication studies, queer studies, Japanese culture studies, media studies, rhetoric, and more. The book's epistemological and methodological commitment renders this study inherently interdisciplinary, navigating theoretically complex and dense conversations with clarity and comprehensiveness through the incorporation of informants' narratives and archival materials."

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Shinjuku Ni-chōme: Typing, Media and the Commodification of Desire 2. Four Young Men’s Transformative Engagements with Gay Media 3. The Curse of the Beautiful Boy: Privileging Hardness, Rejecting Femininity 4. Japanese Gay Pornography: Typing and the Fetishization of Heterosexuality 5. Gay Magazines: Typing, Lifestyles and Gay Identity 6. Online Dating Services: Strategic Typing and the Limits of Agency Conclusion: Regimes of Desire and Hope in Japan’s LGBT Boom Glossary of Terms References Notes Index