Making National Heroes
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Jacqueline Zhenru Lin
About this book
Making National Heroes is an ethnography of the making of national heroes in the commemoration of the Second World War in contemporary China. Foregrounding the lived experience of men and women who participate in commemorative activities, it theorises how masculinity and nationalism entangle in recollecting war memories. Taking the feminist line of inquiry, this anthropological study develops an approach to capture the centrality of making exemplars in the realisation of hegemonic masculinities. It adds a gender perspective to studies on exemplarist moral theory and theorises exemplary men’s cross-cultural significance in defining masculinities. Researchers in the fields of critical masculinity studies, anthropology, feminist methodology, China studies, and memory studies will be interested in this book.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Searching for the National Hero in the Shadow of Chinese History
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1. Searching for the Authentic Chinese Martyrs in Myanmar: Necromantic Nationalism and Contesting (Fore)Fatherhood in War Commemoration
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2. We Will Take You to Taiwan to Look for Your Father: The Masculine Fascination with Reunion across the Taiwan Strait
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3. Unbearable Glory: Sexual Discipline and Dialogic Mechanism in the Exemplarist Production of Hegemonic Masculinities
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4. Rescuing Embattled Masculinity and Idealising True Love: Male Bonding between Veterans beyond Political Ideologies in Contemporary China
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5. Protecting Endangered Masculinity and Guarding the Innocent Warrior: Women Supporting the Exemplarist Production of Masculinities
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6. Masculinity in the Third Sector: Male Homosociality in #MeToo within China’s NGO Sector
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7. Conclusion: The Exemplarist Production of Chinese Masculinities
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Glossary
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References
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Index
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