Negotiating Masculinities in Late Imperial China
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Negotiating Masculinities in Late Imperial China

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Negotiating Masculinities in Late Imperial China

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Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Year
2006
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780824863739
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Asian Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction
  4. Part 1. Engendering the Loyal Minister
  5. 1. From True Man to Castrato: Early Models and Later Ramifications
  6. 2. From Faithful Wife to Whore: The Minister-Concubine Complex in Ming Politics
  7. 3. The Case of Xu Wei: A Frustrated Hero or a Weeping Widow?
  8. 4. Manhood and Nationhood: Chaste Women and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty
  9. Part 2. Heroes and Other Competing Models
  10. 5. From Yingxiong to Haohan: Models of Masculinity in San’guo yanyi and Shuihu zhuan
  11. 6. Reconstructing Haohan in Three Novels from the Sui-Tang Romance Cycle
  12. 7. Effeminacy, Femininity, and Male-Male Passions
  13. 8. Romantic Heroes in Yesou puyan and Sanfen meng quanzhuan
  14. Part 3. What a Man Ought to Be
  15. 9. Ideals and Fears in Prescriptive Literature
  16. Epilogue: Masculinity and Modernity
  17. Notes
  18. Glossary
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. About the Author

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