Masculinities in Chinese History

Masculinities in Chinese History
ISBN-10
1442222352
ISBN-13
9781442222359
Category
History
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2013-08-30
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Author
Bret Hinsch

Description

Masculinities in Chinese History is the first historical survey of the many ways men have acted, thought, and behaved throughout China’s long past. Bret Hinsch introduces readers to the basic characteristics of historical Chinese masculinity while highlighting the dynamic changes in male identity over the centuries. He covers the full span of Chinese history, from the Zhou dynasty in distant antiquity up to the current era of disorienting rapid change. The author concludes by exploring how capitalism, imperialism, modernization, revolution, and reform have rapidly transformed ideas about what it means to be a man in contemporary China.

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