Theorising Chinese Masculinity: Society and Gender in China

Theorising Chinese Masculinity: Society and Gender in China image
ISBN-10:

0521119049

ISBN-13:

9780521119047

Author(s): Louie, Kam
Edition: Reissue
Released: Sep 03, 2009
Format: Paperback, 248 pages
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Description:

In the first comprehensive analysis of Chinese masculinity. 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.











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