Eros of international relations : self-feminizing and the claiming of postcolonial Chineseness / Chih-yu Shih.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shi, Zhiyu, 1958- author.

Series:

Hong Kong scholarship online.

Hong Kong scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism--East Asia.

Postcolonialism.

China--Foreign relations--1949-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white) ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2022]

Summary:

'Eros of International Relations' is a distinctive work that explores the much-neglected Chinese perspective in broader international relations theory. Using the concept of 'self-feminizing' - adoption of a feminine identity to oblige and achieve mutual caring as a relational strategy - this book argues that postcolonial actors have employed gendered identities in order to survive the squeezing pressure of globalisation and nationalism in their own ways.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Postcolonial Feminism and China

1. Becoming China: Feminine Sovereignty in the Beginning of Modern Time

2. The Eros of Foreign Policy: Madame Chiang Kai-shek during World War II

3. An Exotic City: A Relational Theory of Gender as Social Site

4. Navigating Globalization: Femininity, In-betweenness, and Emancipation

Conclusion: A Revisionist Engendering?

References

Index

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 13, 2022).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789888754786

9888754785

OCLC:

1302574192