Theorising Chinese Masculinity

Society and Gender in China

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Av Kam Louie, Canberra) Louie, Kam (Australian National University, Louie Kam

599 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

This book is a comprehensive analysis of Chinese masculinity. While there is a vast Eurocentric scholarship on gender and sexuality, there has been little work addressing these issues within the Chinese context. Kam Louie uses the concepts of wen (cultural attainment) and wu (martial valour) to explain attitudes to masculinity. This revises most Western analyses of Asian masculinity that rely on the yin-yang binary. Examining classical and contemporary Chinese literature and film, the book also looks at the Chinese diaspora to consider Chinese masculinity within and outside China. Its use of a largely indigenous framework to analyse Chinese masculinity makes it an exciting addition to this burgeoning field.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-09-03
Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt370 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521119047

Tillhör följande kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhalle och politik

1. Introducing wen-wu: towards a definition of Chinese masculinity; 2. Portrait of the God of War Guan Yu: sex, politics and wu masculinity; 3. Confucius as sage, teacher, businessman: transformations of the wen Icon; 4. Scholars and intellectuals: representations of wen masculinity past and present; 5. The working-class hero: images of wu in traditional and Post-Mao fiction; 6. Women's voices: the ideal 'woman's man' in the twentieth century; 7. Lao She's The Two Mas and foreign wives: constructing wen masculinity for the modern world; 8. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat: internationalising wu masculinity; 9. Wen-wu reconstructed: Chinese masculinity hybridised and globalised; Notes; Bibliography; Index.