TY - BOOK ID - 77941544 TI - The fragile scholar PY - 2004 SN - 1282704265 9786612704260 9882201385 9789882201385 9781282704268 6612704268 9622096204 9789622096202 PB - Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press DB - UniCat KW - Scholars in literature. KW - Homosexuality in literature. KW - Gender identity in literature. KW - Masculinity in literature. KW - Chinese literature KW - Masculinity (Psychology) in literature KW - History and criticism. KW - Gender identity in literature KW - Homosexuality in literature KW - Masculinity in literature KW - Scholars in literature KW - S02/0200 KW - S11/0708 KW - S11/0731 KW - S11/0740 KW - S14/0300 KW - S16/0195 KW - History and criticism KW - China: General works--Civilization and culture KW - China: Social sciences--Elite KW - China: Social sciences--Childhood, youth KW - China: Social sciences--Sexual life: general and before 1949 KW - China: Education--History of traditional education (incl. examination system) KW - China: Literature and theatrical art--Thematic studies UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77941544 AB - The Fragile Scholar examines the pre-modern construction of Chinese masculinity from the popular image of the fragile scholar (caizi) in late imperial Chinese fiction and drama. The book is an original contribution to the study of the construction of masculinity in the Chinese context from a comparative perspective (Euro-American). ER -