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Article: Joanne D. Birdwhistell. "Mencius" and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power, Morality, and Maternal Thinking.(Book review)
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- China Review International
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- September 22, 2008
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Joanne D. Birdwhistell. "Mencius" and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power,
Morality, and Maternal Thinking. SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and
Culture. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007. 158 pp. Hardcover
$55.00, ISBN 978-0-7914-7029-9.
In her latest book, "Mencius" and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power, Morality, and Maternal Thinking, Joanne Birdwhistell presents a fresh perspective on a classic text. She develops a clear and detailed argument for the necessity of understanding the Mencius as a text concerned with masculinity and explores the nature of the type of masculinity proposed by the Mencius. Through a careful ...