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Unlearning Internalized Homophobia With My Brother's Husband: A Glimpse Into Mainstream Queer Literature in Japan
Abstract
The manga My Brother's Husband (2014-2017) talks about a little Japanese neighborhood, the microcosm representing the country's general approach to homosexuality and how the future holds a promise to change for better days. Homosexual relationships and trans identities are frowned upon in the general society of modern-day Japan, just like in many other Asian countries. An openly gay mangaka, Gengoroh Tagame, had so far been a name limited to the gay erotic manga circuit, but this work, targeted at a more general audience, won him critical acclaim for depicting the struggles of being queer in Japan. This chapter is an attempt to understand how Yaichi is a representative of the cis-heterosexual male who is trying his best to navigate out of the patriarchal maze of heteronormativity that has been propagated through generations following European imperialism in Asian countries.
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