Masculinities in Asia

A Review Essay

Bibliographic Data

ID14969804
AuthorsChie Ikeya (Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume38
Issue2
Pages243-252
Publication date2014-04-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1035-7823 • E-ISSN: 1467-8403
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10357823.2014.898243
OpenAlexW2158082814
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited37

Masculinity as an analytical concept has received limited attention in historical and cultural studies of Asia, and particularly of South and Southeast Asia. Only a small number of works produced in South and Southeast Asian studies address the historical construction and evolution of masculinities in the regions and even fewer offer in-depth inquiries into the extent to which historical forms of masculinity governed social relations. The specific dynamics of the relationship between ideologies and the ways that manhood is interpreted, experienced and performed in daily life in the past and in present times remain underexplored. This essay reviews three recent publications that demonstrate that masculinity has been crucial to ideologies and techniques of rule in colonial, national and globalised contexts and, as such, needs to be placed at the centre of analyses of empire, nation and globalisation. It directs attention to promising areas for future comparative research on masculinities in Asia.Keywords: masculinitiesAsiacolonialismnationalismglobalisation Notes1. Gender analyses of Buddhism in the Southeast Asian context have tended, similarly, to focus on discourses about the feminine.2. The notable exception, for a long time, was Ong and Peletz (Citation1995).3. See Adas (Citation1979), Ileto (Citation1979) and Tai (Citation1983).4. Historical scholarship on Philippines, notably the work of Alfred McCoy and Norman Owen, stands out in this regard (McCoy, Citation1999; Owen, Citation1999)

Ancient history · Archaeology · Asian studies · Buddhism · China · Colonialism · Empire · Ethnology · Globalization · Ideology · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · South asia · Southeast asia · Anthropology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture

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