Am Dienstag, den 16. Dezember, um 16:30 Uhr dürfen wir Marco Del Din (Doktorand an der Heidelberg University – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) für einen Vortrag mit dem Titel „Monsters from Beyond: Playing with Gender and Identity at a Drag Show in Kyoto“ am Institut für Modernes Japan begrüßen. Der englischsprachige Vortrag wird im Raum 24.21.03.62 stattfinden. Modernes Japan-Studierende sind herzlich eingeladen, eine vorherige Anmeldung ist nicht nötig. Abstract des Vortrags: Usually simplistically described as ‘a man dressing and performing as a woman,’ the drag queen is actually an extremely complex figure, an in-between creature operating between genders, between the human and the non-human. For instance, the queens of a club in Kyoto draw inspiration from creatures and figures that go beyond not only the realm of the feminine, but also that of the human, thus becoming ambiguous entities beyond categories and the ordinary. By presenting the results of fieldwork conducted at the oldest and longest-running drag show in Japan, this talk illustrates how the queens of the club apparently disregard any connection between their gender and …