Peter Chua

Negotiating New Asian-American Masculinities: Attitudes and Gender Expectations

Historically, U.S. institutional practices have rendered Asian-American men as simultaneously hypermasculine and emasculated. Today, the model minority myth and asexual media representations have emphasized the feminized Asian-American male. Yet, no empirical study has examined how Asian-American men construct their own masculinities. Toward this end, this study sought to examine: (a) how college-age Asian-American and white men express their masculinities, (b) how Asian-American and white women perceive Asian-American masculinities, and (c) how Asian-American men negotiate their gender expectations. Through quantitative analysis of surveys, we found that U.S.-born and immigrant Asian men view their masculinity as distinct from white hegemonic masculinity. Unlike white men, Asian-American men did not view their masculinity in opposition to their femininity. Some Asian-American men, especially the U.S.-born, appeared to be creating a new, more flexible masculinity—one free from male dominance. U.S.-born Asian men linked their masculinity with certain caring characteristics and were the only mens group willing to do domestic tasks. Women viewed Asian-American men as having more traditional gender roles and being more nurturing, in contrast to their views of white men, which matched American norms of masculinity. Overall, these results contribute to the masculinity literature by showing how Asian-American men negotiate their contradictory positions as members of a privileged gender group and subordinate racial groups.

Asian American Sexual Politics: The Construction of Race, Gender, and Sexuality

further supports Childers’ findings of youth being focused on individual rather than communal concerns. Ultimately, Childers concludes that the contemporary era of postmodern and fragmented democracy does not represent a democratic decline, but it is also not ideal for a well-functioning representative polity. In looking for solutions, he suggests a turn to the education system. The practical fixes that he offers (teaching rhetoric, offering service learning, student governance, and media literacy) seem much smaller in scope than the problem he has displayed. Of course, vibrant democracy entails taking the small steps that can lead to greater change, so perhaps his suggestions would help to generate the community and political-mindedness necessary to take on the larger structural issues. In the end, Childers’ careful, engaging and well-thought-out analysis offers new insight into youth, education, democracy, and culture. Accessible to undergraduates and graduate students alike, the volume is a welcome addition for those interested in political sociology, democracy, communication, youth, and culture.

Asian American Sexual Politics: The Construction of Race, Gender, and SexualityAsian American Sexual Politics: The Construction of Race, Gender, and Sexuality, by ChouRosalind S.Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2012. 200pp.

further supports Childers’ findings of youth being focused on individual rather than communal concerns. Ultimately, Childers concludes that the contemporary era of postmodern and fragmented democracy does not represent a democratic decline, but it is also not ideal for a well-functioning representative polity. In looking for solutions, he suggests a turn to the education system. The practical fixes that he offers (teaching rhetoric, offering service learning, student governance, and media literacy) seem much smaller in scope than the problem he has displayed. Of course, vibrant democracy entails taking the small steps that can lead to greater change, so perhaps his suggestions would help to generate the community and political-mindedness necessary to take on the larger structural issues. In the end, Childers’ careful, engaging and well-thought-out analysis offers new insight into youth, education, democracy, and culture. Accessible to undergraduates and graduate students alike, the volume is a welcome addition for those interested in political sociology, democracy, communication, youth, and culture.

65.00 cloth. ISBN: 9781442209244.

further supports Childers’ findings of youth being focused on individual rather than communal concerns. Ultimately, Childers concludes that the contemporary era of postmodern and fragmented democracy does not represent a democratic decline, but it is also not ideal for a well-functioning representative polity. In looking for solutions, he suggests a turn to the education system. The practical fixes that he offers (teaching rhetoric, offering service learning, student governance, and media literacy) seem much smaller in scope than the problem he has displayed. Of course, vibrant democracy entails taking the small steps that can lead to greater change, so perhaps his suggestions would help to generate the community and political-mindedness necessary to take on the larger structural issues. In the end, Childers’ careful, engaging and well-thought-out analysis offers new insight into youth, education, democracy, and culture. Accessible to undergraduates and graduate students alike, the volume is a welcome addition for those interested in political sociology, democracy, communication, youth, and culture.

Review of Asian American Sexual Politics: The Construction of Race, Gender, and Sexuality

This study considers the various aspects of conscription, its ideology and role in various countries. It also examines issues of gender, children as soldiers, globalization, citizenship, dissent and democracy.