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As we sit across from him, Park turns to me and fawns aloud over the customer’s tall stature, huge eyes, and glasses which complement his face shape. Continue by means of the muscle groups of the buttocks, abdomen, chest, forearms, shoulders, neck and face. Easy In by Rod McKuen (1977) depicts gay porn star Bruno's fist clenching "Disco" shortening. Yet, just as one who identifies as gay can not develop into any much less gay by "acting" straight, Koreans throughout a spectrum of birthplaces, citizenships, and ages act in methods which by default should all be determinative of Koreanness-regardless of how seemingly anomalous or contradictory their values, attitudes, and behaviours-in its myriad of representations. His dismissiveness of the legitimacy of my diasporic identity to self-represent as a Korean in my associations with Koreanness is comparable to the perceived inauthenticity of zainichi Koreans as Koreans or Japanese, disempowered by what Iwabuchi (2000, 63) explains as a divided self stuck in "in-betweenness." In relation to the grasp, there were not solely diasporic but additionally equally reliable, intergenerational divergences in how he and that i interpreted Koreanness. Still, the matters I will examine concern social realities not confined to the bar or its early years but which are prevalent throughout society to today, with overlapping implications for Koreans and gay men across Japan. |
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发表于 2024-10-1 19:02:22