Body and Military Masculinity in Late Qing and Early Republican China - The Art of Governing Soldiers

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

By Nicolas Schillinger

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Nicolas Schillinger, Schillinger Nicolas
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781498531689
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3168-9
• No. of pages: 428
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, military history, HISTORY / Asia / China, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Defence strategy, planning & research, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, Military and defence strategy, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science