Contours of Endearment

Lonny E. Carlile is associate professor of Asian studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and former director of the university’s Center for Japanese Studies. L. Ayu Saraswati is professor in women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Hawai‘i. Leng Leng Thang is associate professor and deputy head of the Department of Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore.