The fragile scholar [[electronic resource] ] : power and masculinity in Chinese culture / / Song Geng

• Autore: Song Geng
• Pubblicazione: Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 895.109
• Soggetto topico: Chinese literature - Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 - History and criticism; Masculinity in literature; Gender identity in literature; Homosexuality in literature; Scholars in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-231) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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).
• Titolo autorizzato: The fragile scholar
• ISBN: 1-282-70426-5; 9786612704260; 988-220-138-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458547703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II