| Sumario: | Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2018 ISBN: 978-988-8455-85-0 (hbk), 260 pp reviewed by Horas T.H. Wong 1. From the notorious Fu Man Chu of the yellow peril to the Kung Fu master Bruce Lee, and to the effeminate Chinese spy, Song Liling, from the play M. Butterfly, Chinese masculinities have often been understood in relation to the western notion of masculinity which glorifies physical strength and virility. Nevertheless, being aware of class differences in the formations of masculinities, a few chapters in Part II touch on more "blue-collar", "unsophisticated" versions of masculinities among the Chinese diaspora from less privileged backgrounds (Chapters 10, 11 and 12).
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