Thomas Baudinette
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| Born | 1989 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
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| Alma mater | Monash University |
| Occupation | Cultural anthropologist |
Thomas Baudinette (born 1989) is a cultural anthropologist who explores queer Asian popular culture and cultural consumption within Asian communities.[1]
Education
Baudinette holds a BA and a PhD in Japanese studies from Monash University.[1]
Career
Baudinette began working at Macquarie University in 2017.[1]
Research
Baudinette's research is focused on Asian queer popular culture and the way that queer Asians consume and interact with that culture. He has a particular focus on the transnational spread of Japanese Queer Popular Culture (such as Yaoi or Boy's Love manga).[1] [2] He does ethnographic research on the way people interact with media in their every day life.
Recently he has begun research into idol celebrities and culture.[2]
He also investigates K-pop fandom in both Japan and Australia.[2]
Baudinette is fluent in English, Japanese and French.[1]
Publications
Regimes of Desire
Published November 2021 by the University of Michigan press Regimes of Desire looks at gay bars and clubs in Shinjuku Ni-chome.[3] Baudinette uses interviews and observations to talk about space and performance for the Japanese gay community. He argues that the bar culture privileges "hard" masculine performances as the only expression of gay identity.[3]
Through media analysis studying pornograph, manga, lifestyle magazines, and online dating Baudinette writes that the gay media landscape in Japan and the space of the gay clubs in Shinjuki Ni-chome work together to limit the agency of gay Japanese men.[3]
Boys Love Media in Thailand
Published October 2023 by Bloomsbury academic press Boys Love Media in Thailand is the first academic work to study Thai boy's love soap operas.[4] Six years of ethnographic research uncovers the impact boy's love soap operas have on mainstreaming queer romance through celebrity and participatory fandom.[4]
The book argues that these boy's love soap operas have transformed Thai consumer culture through fan practices where heterosexual women prefer homo-eroticism. Baudinette also argues that these soap operas are exported across Asia where queer people and women are viable markets. He writes that the epicenter of Asian queer media production has shifted from Japan to Thailand by exploring the international fandoms of these queer soap operas.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Tom Baudinette". Macquarie University. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Thomas Baudinette". Thomas Baudinette. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Regimes of Desire.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 bloomsbury.com. "Boys Love Media in Thailand". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
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