Thomas Baudinette

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Thomas Baudinette is Lecturer in Japanese Studies in the Department of International Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Thomas’s scholarly research focuses upon the construction of desire within the Japanese gay media landscape, particularly focusing upon the role stereotypical identity categories played in promoting heteronormative masculinity as desirable within this media landscape. In 2016, he received his PhD in Japanese Studies from Monash University’s School of Social and Political Sciences. He is currently drafting a monograph based upon his PhD dissertation.