Men and masculinities in contemporary China / / by Geng Song, Derek Hird.

In Men and Masculinities in Contemporary China , Geng Song and Derek Hird offer an account of Chinese masculinities in media discourse and everyday life, covering masculinities on television, in lifestyle magazines, in cyberspace, at work, at leisure, and at home. No other work covers the forms and...

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Superior document:Women and gender in China studies, Volume 6
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Women and gender in China studies ; v. 6.
Physical Description:1 online resource (306 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Summary:In Men and Masculinities in Contemporary China , Geng Song and Derek Hird offer an account of Chinese masculinities in media discourse and everyday life, covering masculinities on television, in lifestyle magazines, in cyberspace, at work, at leisure, and at home. No other work covers the forms and practices of men and masculinities in contemporary China so comprehensively. Through carefully exploring the global, regional and local influences on men and representations of men in postmillennial China, Song and Hird show that Chinese masculinity is anything but monolithic. They reveal a complex, shifting plurality of men and masculinities—from stay-at-home internet geeks to karaoke-singing, relationship-building businessmen—which contest and consolidate “conventional” notions of masculinity in multiple ways.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004264914
ISSN:1877-5772 ;
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: by Geng Song, Derek Hird.