Biography
Kam Louie is Adjunct Professor in the School of Humanities Languages at UNSW and Honorary Professor in the School of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong
"Kam Louie has already given us one of the world's best studies of cultural traditions in masculinity. In this new book, we move into the sizzling world of China as a global power, and the re-making of identities and values in the Chinese diaspora. This is fascinating, important research, relevant to everyone who thinks about gender in the modern world, and written with clarity and verve." – Professor Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney, Author of Masculinities
"This long-awaited follow-up to Kam Louie’s seminal Theorising Chinese Masculinity cements his reputation as the go-to scholar for anyone interested in Chinese masculinities. In essays ranging from the People’s Republic through Hong Kong to Australia and beyond, Louie makes two fundamental interventions. First, he demonstrates that Chinese masculinity is as long-lived, hegemonic, and global a phenomenon as Euro-American masculinity, and not a sub-field of the latter. Second, he wipes out any misunderstanding of the wen-wu (scholar/warrior) dyad he proposed in his earlier work as fixed or essential, showing conclusively how these concepts are dynamic and ever-changing as they appropriate from other models and cultures they encounter. Chinese Masculinities in a Globalising World is an eye-opener and a scholarly tour de force." –Professor Chris Berry, King’s College London
"...little has been done on Chinese masculinities and how remarkable Louie’s work is...my wish to see another sequel soon. I recommend this book to any reader interested in gender studies and China studies, and for their interconnections, Asian studies in general." - Yiu Fai Chow, Hong Kong Baptist University, China Information 29 (3)
