Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan. By Jennifer Robertson. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1998. xvi, 278 pages. $40.00, cloth; $15.95, paper.
Cartographies of Desire: Male-Male Sexuality in Japanese Discourse, 1600-1950. By Gregory M. Pflugfelder. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1999. xi, 399 pages. $45.00.