Asian masculinities : the meaning and practice of manhood in China and Japan - Louie, Kam.; Low, Morris (London ; New York : Routledge, 2003)
1. Chinese, Japanese and global masculine identities / Kam Louie -- Pt. I. "Soft" masculinities -- 2. "Beautiful boys made up as beautiful girls": anti-masculine taste in Qing China / Cuncun Wu -- 3. Mr. Butterfly in Defunct Capital: "soft" masculinity and (mis)engendering China / Yiyan Wang -- 4. Gay men, masculinity and the media in Japan / Mark McLelland -- Pt. II. Martial valour -- 5. The Emperor's sons go to war: competing masculinities in modern Japan / Morris Low -- 6. Sport and the construction of masculinity in the Japanese education system / Richard Light -- 7. Creating corporate warriors: the "salaryman" and masculinity in Japan / Romit Dasgupta -- Pt. III. Tracing lives -- 8. Rethinking male socialisation: life histories of Japanese male youth / Futoshi Taga -- 9. The cooking man in modern Japanese literature / Tomoko Aoyama -- 10. Desire and masculinity at the margins in Gu Cheng's Ying'er / Simon Patton -- Pt. IV. Global masculinities.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Men -- China -- Social conditions; Men -- Japan -- Social conditions; Men -- China -- Identity; Men -- Japan -- Identity; Masculinity -- China; Masculinity -- Japan