Gentle yet Manly: Xiao xian rou, Male Cosmetic Surgery and Neoliberal Consumer Culture in China.

This article explores the phenomenal growth in the popularity of the "little fresh meat" (xiao xian rou) androgynous, effeminate male beauty trend and the rise in the demand for male cosmetic surgery in the context of neoliberal consumer culture in China. This new male beauty trend is rooted in trad...

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Published in:	Asian Studies Review Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 253 - 272
Main Author:	Wen, Hua
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2021
Subjects:	Plastic surgery Grooming for men Neoliberalism Masculinity Social conditions in China Personal beauty
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost