This article examines the changing contours of Chinese sexuality studies by locating recent
research in historical context. Our aim is to use the literature we review to construct a picture …

China's second-generation rural-to-urban migrant youth, who grew up in their parents'
adopted cities, are still denied urban residential status and suffer from the institutional …

This paper argues that the new forms of communication have had a major impact on gender
and sexual ideologies and practices across East Asia. In particular, it focuses on the impact …

This book explores how the traditional ideal of Chinese manhood–the" wen"(cultural
attainment) and" wu"(martial prowess) dyad–has been transformed by the increasing …

This book analyses the making of the Chinese middle class that started in the 1990s using a
constructivist approach. With the development of the Chinese economy, a new group of …

The increasing global popularity of men's lifestyle magazines offers a unique opportunity to
study how advertising constructs masculinity across cultures. This study conducted a content …

This book takes a feminist approach to analyse the lives of well-educated urban Chinese
women, who were raised to embody the ideals of a modern Chinese nation and are largely …

Using interviews with twenty-five male Beijingers in their final year of upper secondary
school, this article shows that their construction of masculinities in all cases revolves around …

This paper focuses on men and women engaged in China's sexual economy, which is
dominated by the exchange between wealthy and politically influential men and unmarried …

" Between 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished
village of 30,000 people to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high …