{"product_id":"masculinity-besieged-xueping-zhong-9780822324423","title":"Masculinity Besieged?: Issues of Modernity and Male Subjectivity in Chinese Literature of the Late Twentieth Century","description":"In \u003ci\u003eMasculinity Besieged?\u003c\/i\u003e Xueping Zhong looks at Chinese literature and films produced during the 1980s to examine male subjectivities in contemporary China. Reading through a feminist psychoanalytic lens, Zhong argues that understanding the nature of male subjectivities as portrayed in literature and film is crucial to understanding China's ongoing quest for modernity.\u003cbr\u003eBefore the 1990s onslaught of popular culture decentered the role of intellectuals within the nation, they had come to embody Chinese masculinity during the previous decade. The focus on masculinity in literature had become unprecedented in scale and the desire for \"real men\" began to permeate Chinese popular culture, making icons out of Rambo and Takakura Ken. Stories by Zhang Xianliang and Liu Heng portraying male anxiety about masculine sexuality are employed by Zhong to show how \"marginal\" males negotiate their sexual identities in relation to both women and the state. Looking at writers popular among not only the well-educated but also the working and middle classes, she discusses works by Han Shaogong, Yu Hua, and Wang Shuo and examines instances of self-loathing male voices, particularly as they are articulated in Mo Yan's well-known work \u003ci\u003eRed Sorghum\u003c\/i\u003e. In her last chapter Zhong examines \"roots literature,\" which speaks of the desire to create strong men as a part of the effort to create a geopolitically strong Chinese nation. In an afterword, Zhong situates her study in the context of the 1990s.\u003cbr\u003eThis book will be welcomed by scholars of Chinese cultural studies, as well as in literary and gender studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xueping Zhong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822324423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822324423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.03w x 0.70d","brand":"Xueping Zhong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962524487935,"sku":"9780822324423","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e2e625d-f63b-42d4-863b-4d2d562cd31c.jpg?v=1750651711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/masculinity-besieged-xueping-zhong-9780822324423","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}