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Theorising Chinese masculinity : society and gender in China

Kam Louie
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

Print Book, English, 2002
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002