This project investigated the development of Chinese masculinity by examining the representations of males in the Chinese reality dating show If You Are the One. It looked at traditional Chinese masculinity, and its development in modern times. It used the Chinese reality dating program If You are the One as a means to analyze how male participants represent their appearance, personality, educational level, and financial condition on television. It also analyzed whether Chinese masculinities' values, wen, wu, and soft masculinity are represented on If You Are the One, and when and how financial condition, as an important aspect of contemporary Chinese masculinity, was represented on this reality dating program. / A Thesis submitted to the School of Communication in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. / Fall Semester, 2012. / October 28, 2012. / Chinese Culture, Masculinity, Reality program / Includes bibliographical references. / Stephen McDowell, Professor Directing Thesis; Donna Marie Nudd, Committee Member; Felecia F. Jordan, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_183235 |
| Contributors | Cui, Di (authoraut), McDowell, Stephen (professor directing thesis), Nudd, Donna Marie (committee member), Jordan, Felecia F. (committee member), School of Communication (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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