Biography: James Valentine

James Valentine, University of Stirling

James Valentine teaches Sociology at the University of Stirling. His research focuses on Japanese society, and his most recent research visit to Japan, July 1996 - January 1997, was supported by a Japan Foundation Fellowship. His latest publications include 'Skirting and Suiting Stereotypes: Representations of Marginalized Sexualities in Japan' in Theory, Culture and Society, 14(3), August 1997; 'Conformity, Calculation, and Culture' in D. Munro, J. Schumaker and S. Carr (eds) Motivation and Culture, New York and London: Routledge, 1997; 'Pots and Pans: Identification of Queer Japanese in Terms of Discrimination' in A. Livia and K. Hall (eds) Queerly Phrased, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997; 'Models of Performance: Space, Time and Social Organisation in Japanese Dance' in J. Hendry (ed) Interpreting Japanese Society, New York and London: Routledge, 1998.