02830nam 2200661 a 450 991082379480332120200520144314.01-282-70426-59786612704260988-220-138-5(CKB)2560000000014708(EBL)677539(OCoLC)642689998(SSID)ssj0000418043(PQKBManifestationID)11267792(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418043(PQKBWorkID)10368437(PQKB)11318518(MdBmJHUP)muse7387(Au-PeEL)EBL677539(CaPaEBR)ebr10388075(CaONFJC)MIL270426(MiAaPQ)EBC677539(EXLCZ)99256000000001470820070720d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe fragile scholar power and masculinity in Chinese culture /Song Geng1st ed.Hong Kong Hong Kong University Pressc20041 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.962-209-620-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-231) and index.Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. The Fragile Scholar as a Cultural Discourse; CHAPTER 2. From Qu Yuan to Student Zhang: A Genealogy of the Effeminate Shi; CHAPTER 3. Textuality, Rituals and the ""Docile Bodies""; CHAPTER 4. Caizi versus Junzi: Irony, Subversion and Containment; CHAPTER 5. Jasper-like Face and Rosy Lips: Same-sex Desire and the Male Body; CHAPTER 6. Homosocial Desire: Heroism, Misogyny, and the Male Bond; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexThe Fragile Scholar examines the pre-modern construction of Chinese masculinity from the popular image of the fragile scholar (caizi) in late imperial Chinese fiction and drama. The book is an original contribution to the study of the construction of masculinity in the Chinese context from a comparative perspective (Euro-American).Chinese literatureQing dynasty, 1644-1912History and criticismMasculinity in literatureGender identity in literatureHomosexuality in literatureScholars in literatureChinese literatureHistory and criticism.Masculinity in literature.Gender identity in literature.Homosexuality in literature.Scholars in literature.895.109Song Geng1599965MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823794803321The fragile scholar3922860UNINA