'Theorising Chinese Masculinity is a welcome addition to studies on gender - both globally and in terms of China specifically. The book is a boon for those teaching Chinese gender studies in that it offers accessible and stimulating insights into the iconography and representations of Chinese masculinity.' Asian Studies Review

• 1. Introducing wen-wu: towards a definition of Chinese masculinity; 2. Portrait of the God of War Guan Yu: sex, politics and wu masculinity; 3. Confucius as sage, teacher, businessman: transformations of the wen Icon; 4. Scholars and intellectuals: representations of wen masculinity past and present; 5. The working-class hero: images of wu in traditional and Post-Mao fiction; 6. Women's voices: the ideal 'woman's man' in the twentieth century; 7. Lao She's The Two Mas and foreign wives: constructing wen masculinity for the modern world; 8. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat: internationalising wu masculinity; 9. Wen-wu reconstructed: Chinese masculinity hybridised and globalised; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

'Theorising Chinese Masculinity is a welcome addition to studies on gender - both globally and in terms of China specifically. The book is a boon for those teaching Chinese gender studies in that it offers accessible and stimulating insights into the iconography and representations of Chinese masculinity.' Asian Studies Review

• 1. Introducing wen-wu: towards a definition of Chinese masculinity; 2. Portrait of the God of War Guan Yu: sex, politics and wu masculinity; 3. Confucius as sage, teacher, businessman: transformations of the wen Icon; 4. Scholars and intellectuals: representations of wen masculinity past and present; 5. The working-class hero: images of wu in traditional and Post-Mao fiction; 6. Women's voices: the ideal 'woman's man' in the twentieth century; 7. Lao She's The Two Mas and foreign wives: constructing wen masculinity for the modern world; 8. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat: internationalising wu masculinity; 9. Wen-wu reconstructed: Chinese masculinity hybridised and globalised; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

'Theorising Chinese Masculinity is a welcome addition to studies on gender - both globally and in terms of China specifically. The book is a boon for those teaching Chinese gender studies in that it offers accessible and stimulating insights into the iconography and representations of Chinese masculinity.' Asian Studies Review

• 1. Introducing wen-wu: towards a definition of Chinese masculinity; 2. Portrait of the God of War Guan Yu: sex, politics and wu masculinity; 3. Confucius as sage, teacher, businessman: transformations of the wen Icon; 4. Scholars and intellectuals: representations of wen masculinity past and present; 5. The working-class hero: images of wu in traditional and Post-Mao fiction; 6. Women's voices: the ideal 'woman's man' in the twentieth century; 7. Lao She's The Two Mas and foreign wives: constructing wen masculinity for the modern world; 8. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat: internationalising wu masculinity; 9. Wen-wu reconstructed: Chinese masculinity hybridised and globalised; Notes; Bibliography; Index.