The paradox of pluralisation: men, masculinities and power in contemporary China

Sentiments like Water: Unsettling Pathologies of Homosexual and Sadomasochistic Desire
Hird, D. 2019. Sentiments like Water: Unsettling Pathologies of Homosexual and Sadomasochistic Desire. in: Lo, V., Berry, C. and Guo, L. (ed.) Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities Routledge.

Masculinities in China
Hird, D. 2019. Masculinities in China. in: Routledge Handbook of Gender in East Asia Routledge.

Introduction: Transnational Chinese Masculinities in a Global Age
Hird, D. and Geng, S. 2018. Introduction: Transnational Chinese Masculinities in a Global Age. in: Hird, D. and Geng, S. (ed.) The Cosmopolitan Dream: Transnational Chinese Masculinities in a Global Age Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press. pp. 1-26

Smile yourself happy: Zheng Nengliang and the discursive construction of happy subjects
Hird, D. 2018. Smile yourself happy: Zheng Nengliang and the discursive construction of happy subjects . in: Wielander, G. and Hird, D. (ed.) Chinese Discourses on Happiness Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press. pp. 106-128

Xi Jinping’s Family Values
Hird, D. 2017. Xi Jinping’s Family Values. China Policy Institute: Analysis.

In League with Gentlemen: Junzi Masculinity and the Chinese Nation in Cultural Nationalist Discourses
Hird, D. 2017. In League with Gentlemen: Junzi Masculinity and the Chinese Nation in Cultural Nationalist Discourses. Asia Pacific Perspectives. 15 (1), pp. 14-35.

Integrationists, Culturalists, and Balancers: Masculinities of London-based professional men from China
Hird, D. 2017. Integrationists, Culturalists, and Balancers: Masculinities of London-based professional men from China. 6th conference of Sino-Nordic Women and Gender Studies. University of Oslo 27 - 30 Aug 2017

Book Review: Tiantian Zheng. Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China
Hird, D. 2017. Book Review: Tiantian Zheng. Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China. The China Journal. 78, pp. 184-186. https://doi.org/10.1086/691658

Junzi masculinity and the making of contemporary Chinese middle-class men
Hird, D. 2016. Junzi masculinity and the making of contemporary Chinese middle-class men. Constructing Masculinities in Asia. University of San Francisco 03 - 04 Nov 2016

"Positive energy” (zheng nengliang 正能量) public service adverts in Beijing’s public transport system
Hird, D. 2016. "Positive energy” (zheng nengliang 正能量) public service adverts in Beijing’s public transport system. Perspectives on Chinese Happiness . University of Westminster 29 - 30 Jun 2016

Moral Masculinities: Ethical Self-fashionings of Professional Chinese Men in London
Hird, D. 2016. Moral Masculinities: Ethical Self-fashionings of Professional Chinese Men in London. Nan Nü. 18 (1), pp. 115-147. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685268-00181P05

Making class and gender: White-collar men in postsocialist China
Hird, D. 2016. Making class and gender: White-collar men in postsocialist China. in: Louie, K. (ed.) Changing Chinese Masculinities: from Imperial Pillars of State to Global Real Men Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press. pp. 137-156

Chinese men in London: narratives of masculinity in a transnational world
Hird, D. 2015. Chinese men in London: narratives of masculinity in a transnational world. Interdisciplinary Explorations of China’s Changing Gender Dynamics 1900-2015. Leiden University, the Netherlands 23 Oct 2015

Flexible masculinities: professional men from China in the UK
Hird, D. 2015. Flexible masculinities: professional men from China in the UK. Gender, Sexuality, and the Making of the Human Subject in Modern China. University of Warwick meeting rooms at The Shard, London 18 Jun 2015

Transnational Chinese masculinities and the rise of China: professional mainland Chinese men in the UK
Hird, D. 2015. Transnational Chinese masculinities and the rise of China: professional mainland Chinese men in the UK. Global sexualities, queer ambiguities. Oxford University 28 May 2015

Transnational Chinese masculinities and the rise of China: professional mainland Chinese men in the UK
Hird, D. 2015. Transnational Chinese masculinities and the rise of China: professional mainland Chinese men in the UK. American Men's Studies Association 23rd Interdisciplinary Conference. New York, USA 05 Mar 2015

Diasporic Chinese masculinities and the rise of China: professional Chinese men in the UK
Hird, D. 2014. Diasporic Chinese masculinities and the rise of China: professional Chinese men in the UK. Translating Chinese Masculinities: Chinese Men in Global Contexts. University of Hong Kong 12 Dec 2014

Smile yourself happy: the spread of ‘positive energy’ in China
Hird, D. 2014. Smile yourself happy: the spread of ‘positive energy’ in China. Happiness as political and ideological category in today’s China. University of Westminster, London 07 Nov 2014

Making class and gender: white-collar men in contemporary China
Hird, D. 2014. Making class and gender: white-collar men in contemporary China. Emerging ideas in masculinity research - Masculinity studies in the North. University of Iceland, Reykjavik 04 Jun 2014

East Palace West Palace
Hird, D. 2014. East Palace West Palace. Chinese Film and the Medical Humanities workshop. University College London 23 Feb 2014

Book review: Masculinities in Chinese History, written by Bret Hinsch
Hird, D. 2014. Book review: Masculinities in Chinese History, written by Bret Hinsch. NAN Nü. 16 (2), pp. 376-380. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685268-00162p10

Men, domestic violence and the law: constructions of masculinities in popular, activist and academic discourses
Hird, D. 2014. Men, domestic violence and the law: constructions of masculinities in popular, activist and academic discourses. in: Pan, S. and Huang, Y. (ed.) Sexuality Research in China 34 (Xia) Kaohsiung Baijun wenhua chubanshe. pp. 85-118

Book review: Marc L. Moskowitz. Go nation: Chinese masculinities and the game of Weiqi in China
Hird, D. 2014. Book review: Marc L. Moskowitz. Go nation: Chinese masculinities and the game of Weiqi in China. China Quarterly. 217, pp. 266-267. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741014000046

Men and masculinities in contemporary China
Hird, D. and Geng, S. 2013. Men and masculinities in contemporary China. Brill.

Men, masculinities and the world of romance in China’. Panel on ‘From dating to divorce’
Hird, D. 2013. Men, masculinities and the world of romance in China’. Panel on ‘From dating to divorce’. Chinese Visual Festival. King’s College, University of London, U.K. May 2013

Class and gender: the formation of white-collar masculinities in contemporary China
Hird, D. 2013. Class and gender: the formation of white-collar masculinities in contemporary China. International Conference on Chinese Masculinities on the Move. University of Hong Kong 28 Nov 2013

Men, domestic violence and the law: constructions of masculinities in popular, activist and academic discourses
Hird, D. 2013. Men, domestic violence and the law: constructions of masculinities in popular, activist and academic discourses. Fourth International Conference for Research on Chinese Sexuality. Renmin University, Beijing 21 Jun 2013

Uzbek youth fashion in local and global perspective
Waters, E., Hird, D. and Wagner, R. 2013. Uzbek youth fashion in local and global perspective. Conference on Continuity and Modernity on the Great Silk Road. Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies with University of Cambridge March 2013

Masculinities at work
Hird, D. 2013. Masculinities at work. in: Hird, D. and Geng, S. (ed.) Men and masculinities in contemporary China Brill.

Masculinities at leisure
Hird, D. 2013. Masculinities at leisure. in: Hird, D. and Geng, S. (ed.) Men and masculinities in contemporary China Brill.

Masculinities at home
Hird, D. 2013. Masculinities at home. in: Hird, D. and Geng, S. (ed.) Men and masculinities in contemporary China Brill.

Class and gender: the formation of white-collar masculinities in contemporary China
Hird, D. 2013. Class and gender: the formation of white-collar masculinities in contemporary China. International Conference on Chinese Masculinities on the Move. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong November 2013

The paradox of pluralisation: masculinities, androgyny and male anxiety in contemporary China
Hird, D. 2012. The paradox of pluralisation: masculinities, androgyny and male anxiety in contemporary China. in: Aggleton, P., Boyce, P., Moore, H.L. and Parker, R. (ed.) Understanding global sexualities: new frontiers London Routledge. pp. 49-65

Men, masculinities and intimate partner violence in China
Hird, D. 2012. Men, masculinities and intimate partner violence in China. Developing China Seminar Series. Lau China Institute, King’s College, London, U.K. October 2012

Book review: Giovanni Vitiello. The libertine's friend: homosexuality and masculinity in late imperial China
Hird, D. 2012. Book review: Giovanni Vitiello. The libertine's friend: homosexuality and masculinity in late imperial China. H-Histsex: H-Net reviews.

The domination of men: masculinities, sexualities and power in contemporary China
Hird, D. 2011. The domination of men: masculinities, sexualities and power in contemporary China. China Seminar Series. University of Nottingham 18th October 2011

White-collar men and symbolic violence against women in postsocialist China
Hird, D. 2011. White-collar men and symbolic violence against women in postsocialist China. Conference on ‘Changing approaches to gender, sexuality and violence in contemporary China - issues and effects’. Centre for Gender & Violence Research, University of Bristol June 2011

Masculinities and androgyny in contemporary China
Hird, D. 2011. Masculinities and androgyny in contemporary China. European Geographies of Sexualities Conference. Hogeschool-Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium. 8th - 10th September 2011

Anxious men and the recuperation of masculinity in contemporary China
Hird, D. 2011. Anxious men and the recuperation of masculinity in contemporary China. The China in Focus Seminar Series. University of Warwick 18th November 2011

Book review: Chinese male homosexualities: Memba, Tongzhi and golden boy. Travis S. K. Kong
Hird, D. 2011. Book review: Chinese male homosexualities: Memba, Tongzhi and golden boy. Travis S. K. Kong. China Quarterly. 205, pp. 184-186. https://doi.org/10.1017/S030574101100018X

A chronology of male beauties: imagined histories of metrosexuality in China
Hird, D. 2010. A chronology of male beauties: imagined histories of metrosexuality in China. 8th European Social Science History Conference. Ghent, Belgium 13 - 16 Apr 2010

Contesting norms of white-collar masculinity: gay metrosexuals and homosocial yingchou in contemporary China
Hird, D. 2010. Contesting norms of white-collar masculinity: gay metrosexuals and homosocial yingchou in contemporary China. Contemporary China Centre Workshop on ‘Changing Subjects: Male Sexualities and Masculinities in Asia. University of Westminster November 2010

The sexual ambiguities of white-collar masculinity
Hird, D. 2009. The sexual ambiguities of white-collar masculinity. in: Pan, S. and Huang, Y. (ed.) Sexuality research in China Kaohsiung Wan you chubanshe.

Xiaofei ziyou? Dangdai Zhongguo nanxing bailing de 'sexualities' (Consumer freedoms? White-collar male sexualities in contemporary China)
Hird, D. 2009. Xiaofei ziyou? Dangdai Zhongguo nanxing bailing de 'sexualities' (Consumer freedoms? White-collar male sexualities in contemporary China). Second International Conference for Research on Chinese Sexuality. Beijing, P.R. China 18 - 20 Jun 2009

White-collar men's sexual lives in contemporary China
Hird, D. 2009. White-collar men's sexual lives in contemporary China. Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference. Manchester, UK 26 - 28 Aug 2009

White-collar men and masculinities in contemporary urban China
Hird, D. 2009. White-collar men and masculinities in contemporary urban China. PhD thesis University of Westminster School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages https://doi.org/10.34737/90x85

White-collar men and masculinites in contemporary urban China
Hird, D. 2009. White-collar men and masculinites in contemporary urban China. Anthropology of East and Inner Asia Seminar Series. London School of Economics, UK October 2009

Sexualising the white-collar man
Hird, D. 2009. Sexualising the white-collar man. VII Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society. Hanoi, Vietnam 15 - 18 Apr 2009

Model masculinites: from Mao's macho men to middle-class metrosexuals
Hird, D. 2009. Model masculinites: from Mao's macho men to middle-class metrosexuals. Asian Studies Seminar on 'Art, Language and Culture in China: reflections on culture and society on the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic. University of Westminster, UK 1 October 2009

Methodological minefields: theory, ethnography and white-collar masculinities in China
Hird, D. 2009. Methodological minefields: theory, ethnography and white-collar masculinities in China. Area Studies Research Seminar Series. University of Westminster, UK November 2009

Masculine men
Hird, D. 2008. Masculine men. China Review. 42, p. 17.

Combating domestic violence in China: contemporary strategies of the women's federation
Hird, D. 2004. Combating domestic violence in China: contemporary strategies of the women's federation. NIASnytt Asia Insights. 1, pp. 14-15.