“[A] highly valuable and inspiring work for anyone who is interested in understanding the proliferation of gender binarism and essentialist notions of gender in post-Mao China.”—Tze-Lan D. Sang, The Journal of Asian Studies

“By pulling together a comprehensive discussion of these writers and their critics, Zhong has provided a useful overview of this period in Chinese literature. She also summarizes and applies several major theoretical influences, such as Hegel, Freud, Lacan, Foucault, and feminists such as Silverman and Butler.”—Susan Brownell, The China Journal

“Masculinity Besieged? raises and answers many questions about the centrality of masculinity in Chinese intellectual life in the last decades of the twentieth century. . . . Such a forceful illustration of the gendered positions and self-perceptions of Chinese male intellectuals will no doubt generate further discussion. Zhong Xueping should be commended for her fruitful and rewarding innovation in connecting China’s quest for modernity and intellectual life with male subjectivity. . . . [A] valuable contribution to the study of Chinese masculinity and Chinese intellectual history.”—Yiyan Wang, Asian Studies Review

"A thoughtful study. . . . Even those not necessarily committed to a feminist or psychoanalytic approach to this material will welcome the attention [Zhong] brings to bear on some notable works of contemporary Chinese fiction."—Allan H. Barr, China Review International

"[T]his book blends intellectual history, theoretical discussion, cultural narrative, and literary criticism into a coherent whole. . . . This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of modern and contemporary Chinese culture and will generate lively discussion."—Ban Wang, Journal of Asian and African Studies

"[E]ssential reading for courses on modern Chinese gender and sexuality. . . ."—Megan M. Ferry, Signs

“[A] highly valuable and inspiring work for anyone who is interested in understanding the proliferation of gender binarism and essentialist notions of gender in post-Mao China.”—Tze-Lan D. Sang, The Journal of Asian Studies

“By pulling together a comprehensive discussion of these writers and their critics, Zhong has provided a useful overview of this period in Chinese literature. She also summarizes and applies several major theoretical influences, such as Hegel, Freud, Lacan, Foucault, and feminists such as Silverman and Butler.”—Susan Brownell, The China Journal

“Masculinity Besieged? raises and answers many questions about the centrality of masculinity in Chinese intellectual life in the last decades of the twentieth century. . . . Such a forceful illustration of the gendered positions and self-perceptions of Chinese male intellectuals will no doubt generate further discussion. Zhong Xueping should be commended for her fruitful and rewarding innovation in connecting China’s quest for modernity and intellectual life with male subjectivity. . . . [A] valuable contribution to the study of Chinese masculinity and Chinese intellectual history.”—Yiyan Wang, Asian Studies Review

"A thoughtful study. . . . Even those not necessarily committed to a feminist or psychoanalytic approach to this material will welcome the attention [Zhong] brings to bear on some notable works of contemporary Chinese fiction."—Allan H. Barr, China Review International

"[T]his book blends intellectual history, theoretical discussion, cultural narrative, and literary criticism into a coherent whole. . . . This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of modern and contemporary Chinese culture and will generate lively discussion."—Ban Wang, Journal of Asian and African Studies

"[E]ssential reading for courses on modern Chinese gender and sexuality. . . ."—Megan M. Ferry, Signs

“Bold, far-reaching in its implications, brilliant in its interpretation of specific texts. Zhong has contributed to the growing literature of the meanings of Chinese modernity in a most illuminating way.”—Marilyn Young, New York University

“I cannot think of a single other work on China that goes into the cultural politics of masculinity in contemporary Chinese literature in such depth. This book will generate a great deal of discussion.”—Lisa Rofel, University of California, Santa Cruz

“This is an outstanding book. Rarely does one come across a work in the China field that considers gender and related theoretical issues with as deep a sense of history as does this one. Zhong’s scholarship provides us with extraordinary new insights into the cultural politics of post-Mao China in the 1980s.”—Lydia Liu, University of California, Berkeley

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