"Boys love media in Thailand: Celebrity, fans, and transnational Asian queer popular culture," by Thomas Baudinette

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2025.3025

Keywords:

Asia, Celebrity studies, Cultural anthropology, Fan studies, Southeast Asia, Television studies, Transnational fandom

Abstract

Thomas Baudinette, Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024, hardback, $103.50 (248pp) ISBN: 9781350330641; e-book, $28.76, ISBN: 9781350330658.

Author Biography

Katherine E. Morrissey, Arizona State University

Katherine Morrissey is an Assistant Professor in Film and Media Studies at Arizona State University. Katherine’s research focuses on representations of female desire across popular culture, production networks, and the impacts of digitization on creative communities. Katherine’s work has been published in the Journal for Popular Romance Studies and Transformative Works and Cultures. Katherine has served as Review Editor for Transformative Works and Cultures and Communications Coordinator for the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance.

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Published

2025-09-14

Issue

Vol. 46 (2025): General

Section

Book review

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