Wilki wojny kontra “świeże mięso”: Kulturowe zmagania o hegemoniczną męskość we współczesnej chińskiej kulturze popularnej
Wolf Warriors vs. “Little Fresh Meat”: Cultural Clashes over Hegemonic Masculinity in Contemporary Chinese Popular Culture
Author(s): Stankomir NiciejaSubject(s): Anthropology, Language and Literature Studies, Gender Studies, Psychology, Media studies, Studies of Literature, Sociology, Electoral systems, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Social psychology and group interaction, Studies in violence and power, Family and social welfare, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: China; popular culture; masculinity; feminisation; patriarchy
Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the popularity of the so-called soft masculinity in East Asia and the controversy it arouses among the political elites of the People’s Republic of China. The growing interest of young Chinese people in genres such as danmei raises fears of feminisation and emasculation. In response, models of military masculinity are being promoted, an iconic example of which is the film Wolf Warrior 2. The article draws on theoretical models of masculinity, including the concepts of R. W. Connell and Kama Louie, to present these phenomena to the Polish reader. It points out that analysing Chinese debates on masculinity not only deepens our understanding of contemporary cultural tensions in China, but also provides a broader perspective for reflecting on European concepts of masculinity.
Journal: ER(R)GO. Teoria-Literatura-Kultura
- Issue Year: 1/2026
- Issue No: 52
- Page Range: 51-70
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish
