Theorising Chinese Masculinity

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Theorising Chinese Masculinity is written by Kam Louie and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521806216 (ISBN 10) and 9780521806213 (ISBN 13).

This book is 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.