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Chinese Masculinities in a Globalizing World (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,866
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Chinese Masculinities in a Globalizing World (Hardcover): Kam Louie

Chinese Masculinities in a Globalizing World (Hardcover)

Kam Louie

Series: Routledge Culture, Society, Business in East Asia Series

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This book explores how the traditional ideal of Chinese manhood - the "wen" (cultural attainment) and "wu" (martial prowess) dyad - has been transformed by the increasing integration of China in the international scene. It discusses how increased travel and contact between China and the West are having a profound impact; showing how increased interchange with Western men, for whom "wu" is a more significant ideal, has shifted the balance in the classic Chinese dichotomy; and how the huge emphasis on wealth creation in contemporary China has changed the notion of "wen" itself to include business management skills and monetary power. The book also considers the implications of Chinese "soft power" outside China for the reconfigurations in masculinity ideals in the global setting. The rising significance of Chinese culture enables Chinese cultural norms, including ideals of manhood, to be increasingly integrated in the international sphere and to become hybridised. The book also examines the impact of the Japanese and Korean waves on popular conceptions of desirable manhood in China. Overall, it demonstrates that social constructions of Chinese masculinity have changed more fundamentally and become more global in the last three decades than any other time in the last three thousand years.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Culture, Society, Business in East Asia Series
Release date: November 2014
First published: 2015
Authors: Kam Louie
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-71128-9
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Men's studies
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LSN: 0-415-71128-2
Barcode: 9780415711289

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