| Description |
1 online resource (261 pages) |
| Series |
Transnational Asian Masculinities ; v. 1 |
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Transnational Asian masculinities.
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| Contents |
Contributors; Introduction; Part 1: Late Imperial Chinese Masculinity; 1. Polygamy and Masculinity in China; 2. The Manhood of a Pinshi (Poor Scholar); 3. Theater and the Text-Spatial Reproduction of Literati and Mercantile Masculinities in Nineteenth-Century Beijing; 4. The Plebification of Male-Love in Late Ming Fiction; 5. Aestheticizing Masculinity in Honglou meng; 6. Drawings of a Life of "Unparalleled Glory"; Part 2: Chinese Masculinity Today; 7. Making Class and Gender; 8. Corruption, Masculinity, and Jianghu Ideology in the PRC; 9. The Postsocialist Working Class |
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10. The Chinese Father11. All Dogs Deserve to Be Beaten; 12. The Anthropology of Chinese Masculinity in Taiwan and Hong Kong; Index |
| Summary |
It is now almost a cliché to claim that China and the Chinese people have changed. Yet inside the new clothing that is worn by the Chinese man today, Kam Louie contends, we still see much of the historical Chinese man. With contributions from a team of outstanding scholars, Changing Chinese Masculinities studies a range of Chinese men in diverse and, most importantly, Chinese contexts. It explores the fundamental meaning of manhood in the Chinese setting and the very notion of an Indigenous Chinese masculinity. In twelve chapters spanning the late imperial period to the present day, Changing Chinese Masculinities brings a much needed historical dimension to the discussion. Key aspects defining the male identity such as family relationships and attitudes toward sex, class, and career are explored in depth |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Men -- China -- Identity
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Masculinity -- China
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Chinese -- Family relationships
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National characteristics, Chinese.
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Gender identity -- China
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Gender identity
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Manners and customs
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Masculinity
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Men -- Identity
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National characteristics, Chinese
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024186
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| Subject |
China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Louie, Kam, editor.
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| ISBN |
9789888313716 |
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9888313711 |
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