Yuhua Hanna Wu’s research focuses on digital media, especially focusing on digital games from the perspectives of fan studies, cultural studies, and gender studies.

“Masculinity in Chinese Digital Culture is a sharp, original study of how Chinese videogames and their fanfiction make gender politics playable. Moving between game systems, character stories, and fan creativity, the book offers a needed way to understand masculinity, fandom, nationalism, and digital life in contemporary China now, with clarity.” —Dr. Geng Song, Professor at the University of Hong Kong.“Yuhua Wu’s book offers a timely contribution to game studies, examining gaming in China, fandom, and masculinity. Through a study of Jian 3 fandom, it develops a comparative perspective between Western fandoms and Chinese gaming cultures, highlighting forms of soft and nationalist masculinities and drawing on both Chinese- and English-language scholarship.”—Dr. Hanna Wirman, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.“This insightful and highly readable book fills a significant gap at the intersection of Chinese game cultures, fan studies, and gender studies. Elegantly written in concise, accessible chapters, it is equally valuable to students and scholars. Timely, original, and compelling, it is poised to become a foundational text in both Chinese game studies and fan studies more broadly.” —Dr. Hugh Davis, Adjunct Lecturer and Researcher, President of Chinese Digital Games Research Association (CDiGRA), RMIT University Melbourne, Australia.“Masculinity in Chinese Digital Culture is an important contribution to the study of fan-fiction and gender in game studies. Wu grounds her analyses in a novel theoretical combination of Chinese masculinity and game scholarship, yielding insights into how these texts play with contemporary understandings of gender in Chinese culture.” —Dr. Paul Martin, Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Media, Communication, and Tourism, Hokkaido University, Japan. “The book provides in-depth insight into the game structure and fandom of one of China’s longest-running MMORPG, examining in detail the way the game and its fandom negotiate contemporary notions of masculinity. Wu’s analysis is insightful and nuanced, bringing a welcome addition to scholarship on Chinese gaming cultures.” —Dr. Celia Lam, Dean, College of Liberal Arts; Professor, Department of Communication, Wenzhou-Kean University, China.

Yuhua Hanna Wu’s research focuses on digital media, especially focusing on digital games from the perspectives of fan studies, cultural studies, and gender studies.

“Masculinity in Chinese Digital Culture is a sharp, original study of how Chinese videogames and their fanfiction make gender politics playable. Moving between game systems, character stories, and fan creativity, the book offers a needed way to understand masculinity, fandom, nationalism, and digital life in contemporary China now, with clarity.” —Dr. Geng Song, Professor at the University of Hong Kong.“Yuhua Wu’s book offers a timely contribution to game studies, examining gaming in China, fandom, and masculinity. Through a study of Jian 3 fandom, it develops a comparative perspective between Western fandoms and Chinese gaming cultures, highlighting forms of soft and nationalist masculinities and drawing on both Chinese- and English-language scholarship.”—Dr. Hanna Wirman, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.“This insightful and highly readable book fills a significant gap at the intersection of Chinese game cultures, fan studies, and gender studies. Elegantly written in concise, accessible chapters, it is equally valuable to students and scholars. Timely, original, and compelling, it is poised to become a foundational text in both Chinese game studies and fan studies more broadly.” —Dr. Hugh Davis, Adjunct Lecturer and Researcher, President of Chinese Digital Games Research Association (CDiGRA), RMIT University Melbourne, Australia.“Masculinity in Chinese Digital Culture is an important contribution to the study of fan-fiction and gender in game studies. Wu grounds her analyses in a novel theoretical combination of Chinese masculinity and game scholarship, yielding insights into how these texts play with contemporary understandings of gender in Chinese culture.” —Dr. Paul Martin, Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Media, Communication, and Tourism, Hokkaido University, Japan. “The book provides in-depth insight into the game structure and fandom of one of China’s longest-running MMORPG, examining in detail the way the game and its fandom negotiate contemporary notions of masculinity. Wu’s analysis is insightful and nuanced, bringing a welcome addition to scholarship on Chinese gaming cultures.” —Dr. Celia Lam, Dean, College of Liberal Arts; Professor, Department of Communication, Wenzhou-Kean University, China.

Yuhua Hanna Wu’s research focuses on digital media, especially focusing on digital games from the perspectives of fan studies, cultural studies, and gender studies.

“Masculinity in Chinese Digital Culture is a sharp, original study of how Chinese videogames and their fanfiction make gender politics playable. Moving between game systems, character stories, and fan creativity, the book offers a needed way to understand masculinity, fandom, nationalism, and digital life in contemporary China now, with clarity.” —Dr. Geng Song, Professor at the University of Hong Kong.“Yuhua Wu’s book offers a timely contribution to game studies, examining gaming in China, fandom, and masculinity. Through a study of Jian 3 fandom, it develops a comparative perspective between Western fandoms and Chinese gaming cultures, highlighting forms of soft and nationalist masculinities and drawing on both Chinese- and English-language scholarship.”—Dr. Hanna Wirman, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.“This insightful and highly readable book fills a significant gap at the intersection of Chinese game cultures, fan studies, and gender studies. Elegantly written in concise, accessible chapters, it is equally valuable to students and scholars. Timely, original, and compelling, it is poised to become a foundational text in both Chinese game studies and fan studies more broadly.” —Dr. Hugh Davis, Adjunct Lecturer and Researcher, President of Chinese Digital Games Research Association (CDiGRA), RMIT University Melbourne, Australia.“Masculinity in Chinese Digital Culture is an important contribution to the study of fan-fiction and gender in game studies. Wu grounds her analyses in a novel theoretical combination of Chinese masculinity and game scholarship, yielding insights into how these texts play with contemporary understandings of gender in Chinese culture.” —Dr. Paul Martin, Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Media, Communication, and Tourism, Hokkaido University, Japan. “The book provides in-depth insight into the game structure and fandom of one of China’s longest-running MMORPG, examining in detail the way the game and its fandom negotiate contemporary notions of masculinity. Wu’s analysis is insightful and nuanced, bringing a welcome addition to scholarship on Chinese gaming cultures.” —Dr. Celia Lam, Dean, College of Liberal Arts; Professor, Department of Communication, Wenzhou-Kean University, China.