Kam Louie

Biographic Data

ID283692
NAMEKam Louie
GIVEN NAMESKam
FAMILY NAMELouie
SIGNATURELOUIE K
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Queensland
ORCID0000-0001-8114-8071
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS53
TOTAL CITATIONS138
AUTHOR COUNT50
EDITOR COUNT3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX6

  • While East meets West: A Chinese diaspora scholar and social activist in Asia-Pacific

    Kam LouieARTICLEAsian Studies Review2024

  • The Niangpao (effeminate men) controversy in China: How to be a real man in the family, school and society

    Open AccessKam LouieARTICLEWomen s Studies International Forum2024Cited by: 10References: 4

    This paper examines the controversies surrounding the “niangpao” (effeminate men or “sissy boys”) in the context of the debates surrounding Asian values, Confucianism and family values. These debates are ostensibly about what constitutes correct Chinese male behaviour. But the vehemence with which they are expressed betray their inherent patriarchal bent. Traditional masculinist mindsets cannot be practiced so easily now, partly because gender ro…

  • Rebel Men: Masculinity and Attitude in Postsocialist Chinese Literature

    Kam LouieARTICLEThe China Journal2023

  • Development and evaluation of a Chinese short-form of the Sleep-related Behaviors Questionnaire in Hong Kong Chinese adults using item response theory

    Open AccessHarry K S Chung, Kam Louie et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2023References: 30

    Insomnia-related safety behaviors are behaviors that aim to mitigate the negative consequences of insomnia but inadvertently perpetuate insomnia. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a Chinese short-form of the sleep-related behavior questionnaire (SRBQ-SF), a self-report measure of insomnia-related safety behaviors, using item response theory. The Chinese version of the original SRBQ was completed by 536 Chinese-speaking adults with clinical…

  • Sexuality in China: Histories of Power and Pleasure, edited by Howard Chiang, 2018

    Kam LouieARTICLENAN Nü2019

  • Censored by Confucius: Ghost Stories by Yuan Mei: Ghost Stories by Yuan Mei

    Kam Louie, Yuan Mei et al.BOOKCensored by Confucius2016

    "The one hundred-some stories depict the important role ghosts played in the lives of the Chinese, as well as revealing a great deal about sex, revenge, transvestism, corruption, and other topics banned by Mei's puritanical mid-Qing society". -- Reference & Research Book News.

  • Changing Chinese Masculinities: From Imperial Pillars of State to Global Real Men

    Kam Louie, Louie KamBOOKChanging Chinese Masculinities2016

  • Chinese Masculinities in a Globalizing World

    Kam LouieBOOKChinese Masculinities in a…2014

    This book explores how the traditional ideal of Chinese manhood – the "wen" (cultural attainment) and "wu" (martial prowess) dyad – has been transformed by the increasing integration of China in the international scene. It discusses how increased travel and contact between China and the West are having a profound impact; showing how increased interchange with Western men, for whom "wu" is a more significant ideal, has shifted the balance in the c…

  • Chinese masculinity studies in the twenty-first century: Westernizing, Easternizing and globalizingwenandwu

    Kam LouieARTICLENORMA2014Cited by: 8References: 26

    This ‘state of the field’ article on Chinese masculinity frames the English-language research on Chinese masculinity in the twenty-first century in the context of the rise of China and her use of ‘soft power’ in this millennium. The use of this soft power coincides with the increasing wealth and mobility of educated Chinese who are traveling to the Chinese cities, and also to various parts of the world. The article shows that as a consequence of …

  • Diasporic Chineseness after the Rise of China: Communities and Cultural Production

    Julia Kuehn, Kam Louie et al.BOOKContemporary Chinese Studies…2013

    As China rose to its position of global superpower, Chinese groups in the West watched with anticipation and trepidation. For members of China's diasporic community, the rise of China created ripples of change, influencing communities, culture, and communication, and even challenging the very concept of diaspora. Diasporic Chineseness after the Rise of China examines how artists, writers, filmmakers, and intellectuals from the Chinese diaspora re…

  • Politics of Chinese Language and Culture: The Art of Reading Dragons

    Bob Hodges, BOB HODGE et al.BOOKPolitics of Chinese Language and…2012

  • Popular Culture and Masculinity Ideals in East Asia, with Special Reference to China

    Open AccessKam LouieARTICLEThe Journal of Asian Studies2012Cited by: 64References: 13

    This paper argues that the new forms of communication have had a major impact on gender and sexual ideologies and practices across East Asia. In particular, it focuses on the impact that the new media had on Chinese masculinities in the post-Mao years, a period that coincided with the "Asian economic miracle" and the rise of China. This was also the time when women's studies became well established in the West and men's studies was becoming incre…

  • Confucius the Chameleon: Dubious Envoy for “Brand China

    Kam LouieARTICLEboundary 22011Cited by: 8

    In the last century, scholars and politicians in China have attempted both in theory and in practice to advocate and carry out radically different social policies and political reforms, often in the name of Confucius. With China's rise and her increasing international power and status in recent years, Chinese policy makers have again used the Confucius label as part of their “charm offensive” to win friends and influence in the world. This essay …

  • Hong Kong Culture: Word and Image

    Kam LouieBOOKHong Kong culture2010

    Hong Kong as a world city draws on a rich variety of foundational “texts” in film, fiction, architecture, and other forms of visual culture. The city has been a cultural fault-line for centuries—a translation space where Chinese-ness is interpreted for “Westerners” and Western-ness is translated for Chinese. Though constantly refreshed by its Chinese roots and global influences, this hub of Cantonese culture has flourished along cosmopolitan line…

  • Hero: The Return of a Traditional Masculine Ideal in China

    Open AccessKam LouieCHAPTERChinese Films in Focus II2008

  • The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture

    Open AccessKam Hung Louie, Peter Zarrow et al.BOOKThe Cambridge Companion to Modern…2008

    At the start of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. Understanding its culture is more important than ever before for western audiences, but for many, China remains a mysterious and exotic country. This Companion explains key aspects of modern Chinese culture without assuming prior knowledge of China or the Chinese language. The volume acknowledges the interconnected nature of the different cultural forms, fro…

  • False Dichotomy? ‘Western’ and ‘Confucian’ concepts of scholarship and learning

    Janette Ryan, Kam LouieARTICLEEducational Philosophy and Theory2007Cited by: 32References: 1

    Discourses of 'internationalisation' of the curriculum of Western universities often describe the philosophies and paradigms of 'Western' and 'Eastern' scholarship in binary terms, such as 'deep/surface', 'adversarial/harmonious', and 'independent/dependent'. In practice, such dichotomies can be misleading. They do not take account of the complexities and diversity of philosophies of education within and between their educational systems. The res…

  • Culture, Identity, Commodity: Diasporic Chinese Literatures in English

    Tseen Khoo, Kam LouieBOOKCulture, Identity, Commodity2005

    From David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly to Evelyn Lau's Diary of a Runaway to Fred Wah's poetry, diasporic Chinese literature in English is reaching wider audiences. The interdisciplinary essays in Culture, Identity, Commodity provide close textual readings and general theoretical frameworks for a range of textual productions - novels, autobiographies, plays, and Chinese cooking shows - that address this dynamic field

  • Asian Masculinities: The Meaning and Practice of Manhood in China and Japan

    Kam Louie, Morris LowBOOKAsian Masculinities2003

    This book shows how East Asian masculinities are being formed and transformed as Asia is increasingly globalized. The gender roles performed by Chinese and Japanese men are examined not just as they are lived in Asia, but also in the West. The essays collected here enhance current understandings of East Asian identities and cultures as well as Western conceptions of gender and sexuality. While basic issues such as masculine ideals in China and Ja…

  • Chinese Femininities/Chinese Masculinities: A Reader . Susan Brownell , Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom

    Kam LouieARTICLEThe China Journal2003

  • From Orientalists to Bent Bananas: Australasian Research in Chinese Literature in the Last 50 Years

    Kam LouieARTICLEAUMLA-Journal of the Australasian…2003

  • Disenchanted Democracy: Chinese Cultural Criticism after 1989 . Ben Xu

    Kam LouieARTICLEThe China Journal2002

  • The Uses of Literature: Life in the Socialist Chinese Literary System . Perry Link

    Kam LouieARTICLEThe China Journal2002

  • Publications briefly noted

    Roger Cribb, Robert Cribb et al.ARTICLEAsian Studies Review2002

    B. A. HUSSAINMIYA. The Brunei Constitution of 1959: an Inside History. Bandar Seri Begawan: Brunei Press, 2000. xvi, 81 pp. B$8.90, paper. DAVID E. POLLARD. The Chinese Essay. Hong Kong: Research Centre for Translation, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. US$50.00, hardcover. EVA HUNG (ed). City Women: contemporary Taiwan Women Writers. Hong Kong: Rendition Paperbacks, 2001. 160 pp. No price given, paper. P. J. MOORE. A Concise History of Dutc…

  • Publications briefly noted

    Kam Louie, Roderick S Bucknell et al.ARTICLEAsian Studies Review2002

    WEN‐HSIN YEH (ed). Becoming Chinese: passages to Modernity and Beyond. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. x, 435 pp. US$55.00, hardcover; US$22.00, paper. CLAIRE HUOT. China's New Cultural Scene: a Handbook of Changes. Durham: Duke University Press, 2000. viii, 258 pp. US$18.95, paper. PANG‐YUAN CHI and DAVID DER‐WEI WANG (eds). Chinese Literature in the Second Half of a Modern Century: a Critical Survey. Bloomington: Indiana Univers…