This book provides a fresh and contemporary take on the study of men and masculinity. It highlights new and exciting approaches to sexuality, desire, men and masculinity in East Asian contexts, focusing on the interconnections between them.

Foreword. Experimental Masculinities, Narrative Empathy and Cosmopolitan Genders Across the Globe; Ken Plummer.- Introduction; Xiaodong Lin, Chris Haywood and Máirtín Mac an Ghaill.- Part I. Being and Becoming: Subjectivities, identifications and intimacy.- Chapter 1. Single Male Rural-Urban Migrant Workers and the Negotiation of Masculinity in China; Xiaodong Lin.- Chapter 2. Acting Straight? Non-heterosexual Salarymen Working with Heteronormativity in the Japanese Workplace; Romit Dasgupta.- Chapter 3. Negotiating Family/Filial Responsibilities: Reflexivity, Tradition, and Taiwanese (Younger) Professional Men; Bo-Wei Chen and Máirtín Mac an Ghaill.- Chapter 4. Male Homosexuality in Hong Kong: a 20-year review of public attitudes towards homosexuality and experiences of discrimination self-reported by gay men; Yiu Tung Suen and Miu Yin Wong.- Part II. Representations: Producing and Consuming Sexual Masculinities; Chapter 5. Sinoglossia Incarnate: The Entanglements of Castration acrossthe Pacific; Howard Chiang.- Chapter 6. ‘Same-Sex Wedding’, Queer Performance and Spatial Tactics in Beijing; Hongwei Bao.- Chapter 7. ‘Cinderella’ in Reverse: Eroticizing Bodily Labour of Sympathetic Men in K-pop Dance Practice Video; Chuyun Oh.- Chapter 8. ‘Branding Men’: Exploring Men, Masculinity and Thai alcohol brands in East Asian Global Markets; Jhitsayarat Siripai and Chris Haywood.- Part III. Emerging Masculinities: Configuring Men’s Futures.- Chapter 9. Herbivore Masculinities in Post-Millennial Japan; Justin Charlebois.- Chapter 10. Emerging Heterosexualities in an Era of TV Dating: Exploring young Chinese men’s experiences of love and intimacy; Chao Yang.- Chapter 11. Weapons of the Weak Soldiers: Military Masculinity and Embodied Resistance in Taiwanese Conscription; Ying-Chao Kao.- Chapter 12. Beyond the Celebration of Losers: The construction of diaosi masculinity in contemporary Chinese youth culture; Siyang Cao.- Chapter 13. Pathways toward Progressive Gender Consciousness for Young Men in Taiwan; Herng-Dar Bih.

This book provides a fresh and contemporary take on the study of men and masculinity. It highlights new and exciting approaches to sexuality, desire, men and masculinity in East Asian contexts, focusing on the interconnections between them. In doing so, it re-examines the key concepts that underpin studies of masculinity, such as homophobia, homosociality and heteronormativity. Developing new ways of thinking about masculinity in local contexts, it fills a significant lacuna in contemporary scholarship. This thought-provoking work will appeal to students and scholars of gender studies, cultural studies and the wider social sciences. 

“By examining the interactions between masculinity and sexuality in diverse East Asian localities such as the PRC, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan, the informative essays in this book shift attention away from the much-studied West to this dynamic region. As well as analyses of usual male concerns such as dating and career, the book also presents a more nuanced picture of the lives of Asian men by delving into various manifestations of non-heterosexuality in this part of the world. It is timely and enlightening.”     (Professor Kam Louie, The University of Hong Kong)

Provides a significant new analysis of gender and masculinity in a little-explored context Highlights the complexity of masculinity in East Asia by connecting local issues to global agendas Creates a platform for the development of masculinity studies by in-country researchers