Björn-Ole Kamm

Björn-Ole Kamm has always been interested in knowledge, especially about extraordinary things and the fantastic. Interested in the making of social realities and social boundaries, he conducted a study on the so-called boys' love genre to show the diversity of its Japanese and German readers and producers (Uses and Gratifications of Boys' Love Manga; Kovac, 2010). Following up on this research and together with Patrick W. Galbraith and Thiam Huat Kam, he edited a volume on the 'otaku' discourse in …