Class S (culture)

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Class S (Japanese: クラスS, Hepburn: kurasu esu), also known as esu kankei (エス関係; lit. "S relationship") and abbreviated as S or esu (エス)[a] is a social practice that has emerged in early 20th century Japan most commonly expressed as a relationship between a younger and older student at an all-girls school.[1][3][4]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this usage, "S" can be used as an abbreviation alternately meaning "sister", "shōjo" ('girl'), or "sex".[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Maser, Verena (2013). Beautiful and Innocent: Female Same-Sex Intimacy in the Japanese Yuri Genre (PDF) (PhD). University of Trier Department of Linguistics, Literature and Media Studies. p. 35.
  2. ↑ Robertson, Jennifer (August 1992). "The Politics of Androgyny in Japan: Sexuality and Subversion in the Theater and Beyond" (PDF). American Ethnologist. 19 (3) (3 ed.): 427. doi:10.1525/ae.1992.19.3.02a00010. hdl:2027.42/136411. JSTOR 645194. Archived from the original on 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  3. ↑ Shamoon, Deborah (2012). Passionate Friendship: The Aesthetics of Girls' Culture in Japan. Honolulu, Hawai'i: University of Hawai'i Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8248-3638-2.
  4. ↑ Pflugfelder, Gregory (2005). "'S' is for Sister: Schoolgirl Intimacy and 'Same-Sex Love' in Early Twentieth-Century Japan". In Molony, Barbara; Uno, Kathleen (eds.). Gendering Modern Japanese History. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Center. pp. 134–140. ISBN 978-0-674-02816-6.