Go Nation
Subtitle: Chinese Masculinities and the Game of Weiqi in China
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780520276321
Subjects: Go (game); Games, china
Description: Go (Weiqi in Chinese) is one of the most popular games in East Asia, with a steadily increasing fan base around the world. Like chess, Go is a logic game but it is much older, with written records mentioning the game that date back to the 4th century BC. As Chinese politics have changed over the last two millennia, so too has the imagery of the game. Today, it marks the reemergence of cultured gentlemen as an idealized model of manhood. Moskowitz uses this game to come to a better understanding of Chinese masculinity, nationalism, and class, as the PRC reconfigures its history and traditions to meet the future.