Masculinity Besieged?In Masculinity Besieged? Xueping Zhong looks at Chinese literature and films produced during the 1980s to examine male subjectivities in contemporary China. Reading through a feminist psychoanalytic lens, Zhong argues that understanding the nature of male subjectivities as portrayed in literature and film is crucial to understanding Chinas ongoing quest for modernity. Before the 1990s onslaught of popular culture decentered the role of intellectuals