{"title":"Thomas Baudinette","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Baudinette's works delve into contemporary cultural landscapes, exploring themes such as media representation and identity within Southeast Asia. His insightful analysis offers readers a thoughtful perspective on underrepresented narratives, particularly within the context of Thai society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a blend of academic rigour and engaging storytelling that illuminates the intersections of arts, culture, and social dynamics. Baudinette’s books invite a deeper understanding of how media shapes and reflects diverse experiences in modern cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"boys-love-media-in-thailand-by-thomas-baudinette-9781350330689","title":"Boys Love Media in Thailand","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the past several years, the Thai popular culture landscape has radically transformed due to the emergence of “Boys Love” (BL) soap operas which celebrate the love between handsome young men. \u003cem\u003eBoys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book-length study of this increasingly significant transnational pop culture phenomenon. Drawing upon six years of ethnographic research, the book reveals BL’s impacts on depictions of same-sex desire in Thai media culture and the resultant mainstreaming of queer romance through new forms of celebrity and participatory fandom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author explores how the rise of BL has transformed contemporary Thai consumer culture, leading to heterosexual female fans of male celebrities who perform homoeroticism becoming the main audience to whom Thai pop culture is geared. Through the case study of BL, this book thus also investigates how Thai media is responding to broader regional trends across Asia where the economic potentials of female and queer fans are becoming increasingly important.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBaudinette ultimately argues that the centre of queer cultural production in Asia has shifted from Japan to Thailand, investigating both the growing international fandom of Thailand’s BL series as well as the influence of international investment in the development of these media. The book particularly focuses on specific case studies of the fandom for Thai BL celebrity couples in Thailand, China, the Philippines, and Japan to explore how BL series have transformed each of these national contexts’ queer consumer cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470191083756,"sku":"9781350330689","price":65.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350330689-boys-love-media-in-thailand.jpg?v=1775213172"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/thomas-baudinette.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}