| Description |
1 online resource (258 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Chinese, Japanese and global masculine identities / Kam Louie -- "Beautiful boys made up as beautiful girls": anti-masculine taste in Qing China / Cuncun Wu -- Mr butterfly in defunct capital: "soft" masculinity and (mis)engendering China / Yiyan Wang -- Gay men, masculinity and the media in Japan / Mark McLelland -- The emperor's sons go to war: competing masculinities in modern Japan / Morris Low -- Sport and the construction of masculinity in the Japanese education system / Richard Light -- Creating corporate warriors: the "salaryman" and masculinity in Japan / Romit Dasgupta -- Rethinking male socialisation: life histories of Japanese male youth / Futoshi Taga -- The cooking man in modern Japanese literature / Tomoko Aoyama -- Desire and masculinity at the margins in Gu Cheng's ying'er / Simon Patton -- Male gender identity among Chinese male migrants / Ray Hibbins -- "Angry yellow men": cultural space for diasporic Chinese masculinities / Tseen Khoo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Men -- China -- Social conditions.
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Men. |
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China. |
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Social conditions. |
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Men -- Japan -- Social conditions.
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Japan. |
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Men -- China -- Identity.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) |
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Men -- Japan -- Identity.
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Masculinity -- China.
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Masculinity. |
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Masculinity -- Japan.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Men. |
| Added Author |
Louie, Kam.
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Low, Morris.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Asian masculinities. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 (DLC) 2002153798 |
| ISBN |
0203987934 (electronic book) |
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9780203987933 (electronic book) |
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0415298385 (Cloth) |
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