tisnowalmostaclichétoclaimthatChinaandtheChinesepeoplehavechanged.YetinsidethenewclothingthatiswornbytheChinesemantoday,KamLouiecontends,westillseemuchofthehistoricalChineseman.Withcontributionsfromateamofoutstandingscholars,ChangingChineseMasculinitiesstudiesarangeofChinesemenindiverseand,mostimportantly,Chinesecontexts.ItexploresthefundamentalmeaningofmanhoodintheChinesesettingandtheverynotionofanindigenousChinesemasculinity.
Intwelvechaptersspanningthelateimperialperiodtothepresentday,ChangingChineseMasculinitiesbringsamuchneededhistoricaldimensiontothediscussion.Keyaspectsdefiningthemaleidentitysuchasfamilyrelationshipsandattitudestowardsex,class,andcareerareexploredindepth.FamiliarnotionsofChinesemanhoodcomeinallshapesandsizes.Concubinagereemergesasthetakingof“secondwives”inrecentdecades.Malehomoeroticloveandmaleprostitutionareshowntohavelonghistoricalroots.Theself-imagesoftheliteratiandofficialsformaninterestingcontrastwiththoseofthecontemporarywhite-collarmen.Masculinityandnationalismcomplementeachotherintroublingways.Chinahasindeedchangedandisstillchanging,butmostofthesesocialtransformationsdonotindicateacompletebreakwithpastbeliefsorpracticesingenderrelations.
ChangingChineseMasculinitiesinauguratestheHongKongUniversityPressbookseries“TransnationalAsianMasculinities.”
REAL GLOBAL CHINESE class STATE CHANGING
