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Asian Masculinities Kam Louie (University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Homg Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, China)

Asian Masculinities By Kam Louie (University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Homg Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, China)

Asian Masculinities by Kam Louie (University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Homg Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, China)

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A study of East Asian masculinities in an increasingly globalized Asia. It examines masculine ideals, homosexuality, women's perceptions of men, the role of sport and food, and Asian men in the Chinese diaspora.

Asian Masculinities Summary

Asian Masculinities: The Meaning and Practice of Manhood in China and Japan by Kam Louie (University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Homg Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, China)

First book on gender in Asia to use a comparative perspective, considering more than one culture

Multidisciplinary approach

Enchances current understanding of East Asian identities and cultures, as well as Western conceptions of gender and sexuality

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About Kam Louie (University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Homg Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, China)

Kam Louie is Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Queensland. Author or co-author of numerous books and articles on Chinese culture, including Inheriting Tradition (Oxford UP, 1986), Chinese Literature in the Twentieth Century (Columbia UP, 1997), The Politics of Chinese Language and Culture (Routledge, 1998) and Theorising Chinese Masculinity (Cambridge UP, 2002).

Morris Low is senior lecturer in Asian Studies at the University of Queensland. He is an historian of Japan with interests in science and technology, Australian-Japan relations, art, and issues relating to identity. He is the editor of Science, Technology and R&D in Japan, 3 vols. (Routledge, 2001) and co-author of Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan (Cambridge UP, 1999). He recently edited special issues of the journals Asian Studies Review (Blackwell), Osiris (University of Chicago Press) and History and Anthropology (Harwood)>

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 CHINESE, JAPANESE AND GLOBAL MASCULINE IDENTITIES, KamLouie; Part 1 Part ISOFT MASCULINITIES; Chapter 2 BEAUTIFUL BOYS MADE UP AS BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, Cuncun Wu; Chapter 3 MR BUTTERFLY IN DEFUNCT CAPITAL, YiyanWang; Chapter 4 GAY MEN, MASCULINITY AND THE MEDIA IN JAPAN, MarkMcLelland; Part 2 Part II MARTIAL VALOURS; Chapter 5 THE EMPEROR'S SONS GO TO WAR, Morris Low; Chapter 6 SPORT AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINITY IN THE JAPANESE EDUCATION SYSTEM, Richard Light; Chapter 7 CREATING CORPORATE WARRIORS, Romit Dasgupta; Part 3 Part III TRACING LIVES; Chapter 8 RETHINKING MALE SOCIALISATION, FutoshiTaga; Chapter 9 THE COOKING MAN IN MODERN JAPANESE LITERATURE, TomokoAoyama; Chapter 10 DESIRE AND MASCULINITY AT THE MARGINS IN GU CHENG'S YING'ER, Simon Patton; Part 4 Part IV GLOBAL MASCULINITIES; Chapter 11 MALE GENDER IDENTITIES AMONG CHINESE MALE MIGRANTS, RayHibbins; Chapter 12 ANGRY YELLOW MEN, Tseen Khoo; CONCLUSION, Morris Low;

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NLS9780415511087
9780415511087
0415511089
Asian Masculinities: The Meaning and Practice of Manhood in China and Japan by Kam Louie (University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Homg Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, China)
Kam Louie (University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Homg Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China University of Hong Kong, China)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2011-12-13
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