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Conference: Constructing Masculinities in Asia 2016
November 4, 2016
For more information and to register:
https://www.usfca.edu/asia-pacific/asia-masculinities
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016
9 A.M. REGISTRATION
9:15 A.M. WELCOME
9:25–11:45 A.M. SESSION 3: PERCEPTIONS OF MASCULINITIES IN CONTEMPORARY EAST ASIA
Discussant: Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Professor, Department of Cinema, San Francisco State University
From Dashu to Gaymi: The Masculine Ideals and Women’s Desires in Contemporary China
Chenying Pi, Ph.D Candidate, Cluster of Excellence: Asia and Europe in a Global Context, University of Heidelberg
Does Sex Make a Man?: Male Virgins in Contemporary Japan
Elizabeth Miles, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology, Yale University
11:45 A.M.–1 P.M. LUNCH BREAK
1–3 P.M. SESSION 4: MASCULINITIES AND THE MEDIA
Discussant: Matthew H. Sommer, Professor of Chinese History, Stanford University
Bare Sticks and Knights-Errant: Masculinities and Popular Media in the Early People’s Republic of China
Y. Yvon Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Toronto
Re-Masculinizing the Nation: Tales of Men and Manliness in Children’s Literature in Post-Disaster Japan
Mire Koikari, University of Hawaii, Women’s Studies
The Female Gaze: The Changing Construct of Masculinity in Hindi Cinema
Rajesh Kumar, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Sciences, P.P.N. College, Kanpur, U.P., India
3–3:30 P.M. CLOSING REMARKS
Celine Parreñas Shimizu speaks on race, sexuality and representation in global popular culture and screens and discusses her films.
If you are interested in inviting her to present her work, please click here to complete the contact form.