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Playgrounds of Resistance: A Patchwork Ethnography of Sex Workers’ Sociopolitical Collectivisation in South & West India (2025)
Thesis
Krishnakumar, J. Playgrounds of Resistance: A Patchwork Ethnography of Sex Workers’ Sociopolitical Collectivisation in South & West India. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Sex workers in India have long battled singular, stereotypical representations of themselves as victim-criminals, or, as ‘key populations’ in India’s HIV/AIDS Targeted Intervention programmes since the late 1980s through the 1990s. This thesis engage... Read More about Playgrounds of Resistance: A Patchwork Ethnography of Sex Workers’ Sociopolitical Collectivisation in South & West India.

High fun: An ethnography of HIV risk and stigma among gay and bisexual men in urban India (2023)
Thesis
Rijneveld, C. J. High fun: An ethnography of HIV risk and stigma among gay and bisexual men in urban India. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis is an ethnography of HIV risk and stigma among gay and bisexual men in urban India, a demographic that is underrepresented in HIV/Aids research. It explores the effects of the biomedicalization of the HIV/Aids epidemic over the past decad... Read More about High fun: An ethnography of HIV risk and stigma among gay and bisexual men in urban India.

Embrace me as I am: Japanese Pornography for Women and the Fan Community surrounding Male Porn Stars (2023)
Thesis
Kodaka, M. Embrace me as I am: Japanese Pornography for Women and the Fan Community surrounding Male Porn Stars. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This exploratory research looks at female fans of male porn actors in Jôsei-muke Adult Videos (AV) in Japan. Jôsei-muke is a pornographic genre aimed at heterosexual women that features good-looking male porn actors called eromen and lovemen. This ne... Read More about Embrace me as I am: Japanese Pornography for Women and the Fan Community surrounding Male Porn Stars.

The Work of Gender: Service, Performance and Fantasy in Contemporary Japan (2022)
Book
Gygi, F., & Hansen, G. M. (Eds.). (2022). The Work of Gender: Service, Performance and Fantasy in Contemporary Japan. NIAS Press

Gender and sexuality in Japan has long been a field of academic study, with gender mainly being examined either as masculinities, femininities or as deviating sexualities. In recent years, however, widespread interest in manga, anime and cosplay amon... Read More about The Work of Gender: Service, Performance and Fantasy in Contemporary Japan.

Japanese Bangkok and Bangkok’s Japanese: the structures and practices of transnational belonging in a global city (2022)
Thesis
Mitski, A. I. Japanese Bangkok and Bangkok’s Japanese: the structures and practices of transnational belonging in a global city. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In recent decades, Bangkok’s Japanese community has undergone an unprecedented growth, with its official numbers skyrocketing to over 70 thousand (Japanese MOFA data 2015) and the unofficial ones thought to exceed 100 thousand. The majority of that i... Read More about Japanese Bangkok and Bangkok’s Japanese: the structures and practices of transnational belonging in a global city.

"Each Life Has its Place": Transgender Existence in Contemporary Kansai (2022)
Thesis
Gamberton, L. "Each Life Has its Place": Transgender Existence in Contemporary Kansai. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

My PhD dissertation is an ethnography of transgender identities in Japan with a focus on Kyoto and Osaka. To date, Japan has not figured as an area of interest in Anglophone Trans Studies; nor has transness been the subject of much scholarly attentio... Read More about "Each Life Has its Place": Transgender Existence in Contemporary Kansai.