Louie / Low Asian Masculinities

The Meaning and Practice of Manhood in China and Japan
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-134-42759-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

This book shows how East Asian masculinities are being formed and transformed as Asia is increasingly globalized. The gender roles performed by Chinese and Japanese men are examined not just as they are lived in Asia, but also in the West. The essays collected here enhance current understandings of East Asian identities and cultures as well as Western conceptions of gender and sexuality. While basic issues such as masculine ideals in China and Japan are examined, the book also addresses issues including homosexuality, women's perceptions of men, the role of sport and food and Asian men in the Chinese diaspora.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Louie, Kam

Low, Morris

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements;

Chapter 1: Chinese, Japanese and Global Masculine Identities, Kam Louie;

"Soft" Masculinities;

Chapter 2: "Beautiful boys made up as beautiful girls": Anti-masculine Taste in Qing CHina, Cuncun Wu;

Chapter 3: Mr Butterfly in Defunct Capital: "Soft" Masculinity and (Mis)Engendering China, Yiyan Wang;

Chapter 4: Gay Men, Masculinity and the Media in Japan, Mark McLelland;

Martial Valour;

Chapter 5: The Emperor's Sons Go to War: Competing Masculinities in Modern Japan, Morris Low;

Chapter 6: Sport and the Construction of Masculinity in the Japanese Education System, Richard Light;

Chapter 7: Creating Corporate Warriors: The "Salaryman" and Masculinity in Japan, Romit Dasgupta;

Tracing Lives;

Chapter 8: Rethinking Male Socialisation: Life Histories of Japanese Male Youth, Futoshi Taga;

Chapter 9: The Cooking Man in Modern Japanese Literature, Tomoko Aoyama;

Chapter 10: Desire and Masculinity at the Margins in Gu Cheng's Ying'er, Simon Patton;

Global Masculinities;

Chapter 11: Male Gender Identity Among Chinese Male Migrants, Ray Hibbins;

Chapter 12: "Angry Yellow Men": Cultural Space for Diasporic Chinese Masculinities, Tseen Khoo;

Conclusion, Morris Low;

Biographical Notes;

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

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)>