Theorising Chinese Masculinity: Society and Gender in China (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521806213)

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.

Author: Kam Louie
ISBN-10: 0521806216
ISBN-13: 9780521806213
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2002
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.10w x 0.78d