Sensuality as Subversion: Doing Masculinity with Chinese Australian Professionals

Liu, H

Sensuality as Subversion: Doing Masculinity with Chinese Australian Professionals

Liu, H

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Citation:: Gender, Work and Organization, 2017, 24 (2), pp. 194 - 212
Issue Date:: 2017-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Liu, H https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4211-0932	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Gender, Work and Organization, 2017, 24 (2), pp. 194 - 212	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0968-6673	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/64775
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Within western gender structures, dominant discourses of Asian men as weak, feminized and asexual continue to render Asian masculinities subordinate to white hegemonic ideals. Although research of gender in organization studies has revealed important insights into how gender might be redone or undone, non-white voices remain marginalized in this critical project. This article explores through in-depth interviews the ways by which Chinese cis-male professionals in Australia attempt to coopt desexualizing discourses and ‘do’ masculinity through sensuality. Specifically, the findings show how their sensuality is practised across various dimensions at work and beyond, including via the presentation of the self, relationships with others and representations in social texts. In presenting the voices of Asian men, this article seeks to illuminate their individual and collective pursuits for decolonization, agency and pleasure.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Gender, Work and Organization	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/gwao.12158	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Gender Studies	en_US
dc.title	Sensuality as Subversion: Doing Masculinity with Chinese Australian Professionals	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	24	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
utslib.for	1699 Other Studies in Human Society	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	24	en_US

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© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Within western gender structures, dominant discourses of Asian men as weak, feminized and asexual continue to render Asian masculinities subordinate to white hegemonic ideals. Although research of gender in organization studies has revealed important insights into how gender might be redone or undone, non-white voices remain marginalized in this critical project. This article explores through in-depth interviews the ways by which Chinese cis-male professionals in Australia attempt to coopt desexualizing discourses and ‘do’ masculinity through sensuality. Specifically, the findings show how their sensuality is practised across various dimensions at work and beyond, including via the presentation of the self, relationships with others and representations in social texts. In presenting the voices of Asian men, this article seeks to illuminate their individual and collective pursuits for decolonization, agency and pleasure.

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