About this book This book analyses the dynamics of 'masculinity' as both an ideology and lived experience - how men have tried, and failed, to be 'Real Men'..
$45.56This book shows how East Asian masculinities are being formed and transformed as Asia is increasingly globalized. The gender roles performed by Chinese and ,Titles In Series
Rebel Men. Masculinity and Attitude in Postsocialist Chinese Literature.
Mastery of Words and Swords. Negotiating Intellectual Masculinities in Modern China, 1890s–1930s.
Making National Heroes. The Exemplarist Production of Masculinities in Contemporary China.
Han Heroes and Yamato Warriors.
How to Write An Autobiographical Novel, Alexander Chee
In this powerful collection of essays, Alexander Chee charts many of his formative life experiences, from his father’s death to the 2016 presidential election to his activism during the height of the AIDS epidemic. Through 16 pieces, Chee examines his multiple identities as a Korean American, gay man, lover and writer, posing urgent questions along.
Do Asian men fail to achieve the masculine norm?
Within mainstream media, Asian men, both gay and straight, continue to be represented as having failed to achieve the masculine norm in numerous ways. In fact, their failure to achieve the masculine norm is often the punch line of television situation comedies in which an Asian male character has a recurring role.
How have South Asian men and Masculinities been shaped by historical events?
It employs political crisis as a frame to analyze how South Asian men and masculinities have been shaped by critical historical events, events which have redrawn maps and remapped or unmapped bodies with different effects. These include colonialism, anti-colonialism, state formations, civil wars, religious conflicts, and migration.
What are the key concepts of masculinity?
In doing so, it re-examines the key concepts that underpin studies of masculinity, such as homophobia, homosociality and heteronormativity. Developing new ways of thinking about masculinity in local contexts, it fills a significant lacuna in contemporary scholarship.
2006 book on masculinity
Creating Masculinity in Los Angeles's Little Manila:
Working-Class Filipinos and Popular Culture
1920s-1950s is a 2006 non-fiction book authored by Linda España-Maram.It was published by Columbia University Press.
Asian masculinity books
Attributes associated with boys and men
Masculinity is a set of attributes
Behaviors
And roles associated with men and boys.Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed
And there is also evidence that some behaviors considered masculine are influenced by both cultural factors and biological factors.To what extent masculinity is biologically or socially influenced is subject to debate.It is distinct from the definition of the biological male sex
As anyone can exhibit masculine traits.Standards of masculinity vary across different cultures and historical periods.
