Profiles in Sexuality Research with Patrick W Galbraith

Patrick W. Galbraith earned his PhD in Information Studies at the University of Tokyo, and is currently pursuing a second PhD in Cultural Anthropology at Duke. He is the author of "The Otaku Encyclopedia" (Kodansha, 2009), "Tokyo Realtime: Akihabara" (White Rabbit Press, 2010) and "Otaku Spaces" (Chin Music Press, 2012), and is the co-editor of "Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture" (Palgrave, 2012). Galbraith's research interests include popular, media and fan cultures in Japan. In his talk, Galbraith takes up the example of maid cafes, a form of entertainment dining that boomed in Japan in the mid-2000s. He examines the phenomenon in terms of affective labor, alternative intimacy and fantasy role-play, which opens up the potential for doing sex and gender differently in post-millennial Japan. Profiles in Sexuality Research is an ongoing series to present the many ways that Duke Faculty study LGBT issues and sexuality. Undergraduates, graduates, faculty, staff, all are welcome.Lunch is provided, RSVP recommended to jlong@duke.edu Sponsored by the program in the study of sexualities and the Center for LGBT Life. LGBT Center (02 West Union Bldg., West Campus), 12 - 1:30 pm.