KUCI Subversity: Scholars Tackle Global Yaoi Phenomenon

A new scholarly work on the globalization of Yaoi has come out and KUCI's Subversity program features an interview with its co-editor and a contributor to this pioneering collection. The Yaoi phenomenon, part of a larger Boys Love visual depiction, features teen male romantic and sexual relationships, originally geared, in Japan, at a female readership. As it spread around the world (and the new book includes a chapter on Indonesia's reception to it), one wonders about its effect on how its readers -- now male and female, young and older -- view same-sex relationships in the real world. On this edition of KUCI's Subversity show, show host Daniel C. Tsang interviews Mark McHarry, co-editor of Boys' Love Manga (McFarland, 2010) and Hope Donovan, a contributor and manga editor.