Body and military masculinity in late qing and early republican china, the: the art of governing soldiers
Auteur :
Schillinger, Nicolas
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781498531689
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2016
Dimensions :
23,9 x 15,9 x 3,0 cm
Poids :
853 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This study examines the cultural effects of China’s adoption of a European military model in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It argues that there was a conceptual reconfiguration of Chinese masculinity and citizenship and focuses on how the body was conceived, shaped by physical fitness and medical practices, and controlled.