Nicolas Schillinger

The Body and Military Masculinity in Late Qing and Early Republican China

The Art of Governing Soldiers

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 770g
• ISBN-13: 9781498531689
• ISBN-10: 1498531687
• Artikelnr.: 45374479

Autorenporträt

Nicolas Schillinger is lecturer at the Institute of China Studies at the Free University of Berlin.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Forging the Male Body: Drill in the New Armies Chapter 2: Body,
Space, and Daily Life Chapter 3: Dressed to Kill: Uniforms, Masculinity,
and Military Culture Chapter 4: Making Real Men: Military Professionalism
and Martial Spirit Chapter 5: All Men Are Soldiers: Citizenship and
Military Service Chapter 6: School Reforms and the Education of
Citizen-Soldiers