Changing Chinese masculinities from imperial pillars of state to global real men /
Changing Chinese masculinities from imperial pillars of state to global real men /
edited by Kam Louie.
- Hong Kong University Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource (261 pages)
- Transnational Asian Masculinities ; v.1 .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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 10. The Chinese Father11. All Dogs Deserve to Be Beaten; 12. The Anthropology of Chinese Masculinity in Taiwan and Hong Kong; Index
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 C.
9789888313716 9888313711
Men--Identity.--China
Masculinity--China.
Chinese--Family relationships.
National characteristics, Chinese.
Gender identity--China.
Electronic Books.
HQ1090 / .C436 2016
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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 10. The Chinese Father11. All Dogs Deserve to Be Beaten; 12. The Anthropology of Chinese Masculinity in Taiwan and Hong Kong; Index
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 C.
9789888313716 9888313711
Men--Identity.--China
Masculinity--China.
Chinese--Family relationships.
National characteristics, Chinese.
Gender identity--China.
Electronic Books.
HQ1090 / .C436 2016