Cultural analysis and theorization regarding the self-naming and self-representation in sexual minorities in Japan

• Project/Area Number: 19710222
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: SHIMIZU Akiko The University of Tokyo, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 准教授 (40361589)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,050,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
• Keywords: セクシュアリティ / ジェンダー / クィア / 表象 / フェミニズム / 自己表象 / 日本 / 性的マイノリティ / ディアスポラ

Research Abstract

This research demonstrates the importance of a different theory of counter-politics in Japan from those proposed by Anglo-American queer theories. Through an analysis of visual culture and queer representation in Japan, it concludes that this localized theory should focus on the power structure and cultural norms centred around the family registration system and reproductive control.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Let Us Talk About "Queer" (But In Which Language?) (2008)
  • Author(s): SHIMIZU, Akiko
  • Journal Title: Social Science Japan Journal. II-2
• [Journal Article] Let Us Talk About"Queer"(But In Which Language?)(書評論文) (2008)
  • Author(s): SHIMIZU, Akiko
  • Journal Title: Social Science Japan Journal II-2 Pages: 357-60
• [Journal Article] Scandalous Equivocation: A Note on the Politics of Queer Self-Naming (2007)
  • Author(s): SHIMIZU, Akiko.
  • Journal Title: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 8-4
• [Journal Article] 'Scandalous equivocation: a note on the politics of.queer self-naming' (2007)
  • Author(s): SHIMIZU, Akiko
  • Journal Title: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Vol.8-4 Pages: 503-16
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] My Future Grandmothers: Imagining Queer Generations in Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): SHIMIZU, Akiko.
  • Organizer: World Outgames 2nd Conference on International LGBT Human Rights
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-29
• [Presentation] My Future Grandmothers : Imagining Queer Generations in Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): SHIMIZU, Akiko
  • Organizer: World Outgames 2nd Conference on International LGBT Human Rights
  • Place of Presentation: コペンハーゲン, ITU
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-29
• [Presentation] Queering of the Reproductive Time-line (2009)
  • Author(s): SHIMIZU, Akiko.
  • Organizer: 2009 IACS Tokyo Conference
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-05
• [Presentation] グローバル・クィアとホモセクシュアル・エグザイルの間で (2008)
  • Author(s): 清水晶子
  • Organizer: 2008年度日本女性学会大会
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-15
• [Presentation] Surviving the Misrecognition: How to Un/Do Identity Politics (2007)
  • Author(s): SHIMIZU, Akiko.
  • Organizer: 2007 IACSS Shanghai Conference
  • Year and Date: 2007-06-16
• [Presentation] Surving the Misrecognition: How to Un/Do Identity Politics (2007)
  • Author(s): SHIMIZU, Akiko
  • Organizer: 2007 IACSS Shanghai Conference, 'Conditions of Knowledge and Cultural Productions'
  • Place of Presentation: 上海大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-06-16
• [Presentation] 「ナショナルな公共性、ネオリベラルな私秘性」 (2007)
  • Author(s): 清水 晶子
  • Organizer: 第41回アメリカ学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 立教大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-06-10
• [Book] Lying Bodies: Survival and Subversion in the Field of Vision. (2008)
  • Author(s): SHIMIZU, Akiko.
  • Publisher: Peter Lang
• [Book] Lying Bodies : Survival and Subversion in the Field of Vision (2008)
  • Author(s): Shimizu Akiko
  • Total Pages: 14
  • Publisher: Peter Lang