MASCULINITIES 19-1, 1997 Diane TYE, Michael TAFT Introduction Blye W. FRANK Masculinity Meets Postmodernism: Theorizing the ‘Man-Made’ Man Seana KOZAR Paperback "Haohan" and Other ‘Genred Genders’: Negotiated Masculinities among Chinese Popular Fiction Readers Mikel J. KOVEN My Brother, My Lover, My Self: Traditional Masculinity in the Hong Kong Action Cinema of John Woo Michael A. ROBIDOUX Artificial Emasculation and the Maintenance of a Masculine Identity in Professional Hockey T. K. BIAYA Les paradoxes de la masculinité africaine moderne : Une histoire de violences, d’immigration et de crises Pauline GREENHILL Making Morris (Fe)Male: Gender and Dancing Bodies SPECIAL ARTICLE/HORS THÈME Charlie MC CORMICK Authenticity and Innovation in Traditional Performances: A Case Study of "Jésus de Montréal"		Paperback Haohan and Other ‘Genred Genders’: Negotiated Masculinities among Chinese Popular Fiction Readers Seana KOZAR This article examines the ways in which martial-arts and romance novel fans construct negotiated readings of masculinity through their interpretations of two distinctive male character types common in Chinese vernacular fiction, the hero (haohan) and the talented scholar (caizi). Drawing on the concept of "hegemonic masculinities" (Cornwall and Lindsfarne 1994), the author examines how the hero and the scholar are historically juxtaposed across their respective genres, as well as how their attributes serve to highlight, complement, or challenge social constructions of gender in the minds of some readers. Also examined are readers’ perceptions about such key issues as reading for escape and/or compensation, identification and the phenomenon of reading addictions.
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