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GloBLisation and Hybridisation: Publishers' Strategies for Bringing Boys' Love to the United States.

The article discusses how globalization and the cultural hybridisation of media have affected the importation of boys' love (BL) manga, a form of Japanese comics depicting homoerotic relationships between men, to the U.S. The author suggests the popularity of BL manga may be related to the popularit...

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Published in:Intersections: Gender & Sexuality in Asia & the Pacific no. 20; pp. 16 - 17
Main Author: Pagliassotti, Dru
Format: Article
Published: Intersections Apr2009
Subjects:
Boys' love manga
Comic books, strips, etc.
Globalization
Cross-cultural differences
Incest in popular culture
Fan fiction
International trade
United States
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