Abstract
'Asia' comprises a huge area and a multiplicity of cultures and traditions. This chapter will confine itself to the three most influential cultural traditions in Asia: those of China, Japan and India. An exploration of political treatises, military histories, philosophical tracts, artistic representations and poetic works will reveal that ideas of love, romance, friendship, virtue and chivalry combined with expressions of homosexuality in different ways, but that they always formed an integral part of the way in which notions of masculinity and femininity were articulated and understood in prevailing religious traditions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Gay life and culture |
| Subtitle of host publication | a world history |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Thames and Hudson |
| Pages | 302-331 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780789315113 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Keywords
- homosexuality - male history
- lesbianism history
- gay men history
- lesbians history
- gay men social life and customs
- lesbians social life and customs
- gay men in art
- lesbians in art