与大多数类型的学术研究相比，对性别和性及其代表作的研究可能始终是跨学科的。本博士 重点旨在考察在东亚文化背景下从前现代到当代发生重大变化的东亚文化背景下的意义，用途和生产性角色，以及性别和性的文学和表演表现形式。分析性别和性行为的新方法与商品化理论以及规范性科学和/或性行为和态度的某些参与方式并驾齐驱，并挑战了东亚和其他地区先入为主的文化表达观念。研究重点包括亲属关系，家庭和妇女的社会地位，男子气概和军事文化的体系，酷儿文化，性别和劳动分工，性别和民族主义，性别与种族和阶级的交集以及文学，表演和媒体等方面
Studies of genders and sexualities and their representations have perhaps always been more interdisciplinary than most types of scholarly inquiries. This Ph.D. emphasis is designed to examine the meanings, uses and productive roles as well as the literary and performative representations of genders and sexualities in the context of East Asian cultures where they have changed significantly from the premodern through the contemporary period.<br><br>New approaches to the analysis of genders and sexualities have gone hand in hand with theories of commodification and certain styles of engagement with normative scientific and/or sexual practices and attitudes, and have challenged preconceived notions of cultural expression in East Asia and elsewhere. Focal points of study include such issues as kinship, family, and women's social position, systems of masculinity and military cultures, queer cultures, gender and division of labor, gender and nationalism, the intersection of gender with race and class, and gender and sexuality in literature, performance, and media, among others.