Danmei

Danmei (Chinese: 耽美; pinyin: dānměi; lit. 'indulging beauty') is a Chinese genre of literature and other fictional media that features romantic relationships between male characters. Danmei is typically created by and targeted towards female audiences,[1] but not necessarily straight women.[2] While danmei works and their adaptations have achieved widespread popularity in China and globally, their legal status remains unclear due to Chinese censorship policies.[3] The female same-gender counterpart to danmei is known as bǎihé (Chinese: 百合; lit. 'lilies'), which is an orthographic reborrowing of the Japanese word yuri, but it is not as well known or popular as danmei.[4]

  1. ^ "Click bait: Homoerotic fiction is doing surprisingly well among straight women". The Economist. 14 November 2015.
  2. ^ Ge, Liang (2024-09-03). "Ambivalent affective labor: The datafication of qing and danmei writers in the cultural industry". European Journal of Cultural Studies. doi:10.1177/13675494241270468. ISSN 1367-5494.
  3. ^ Zhou, Viola; Ewe, Koh (5 April 2021). "Boys Keep Flirting With Each Other on Chinese TV But Never Fall in Love". Vice. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Liang was invoked but never defined (see the help page).