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Book Review: From Modernity to Marriageability: Mobility and Masculine Recognition in Urban China

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Men and Masculinities

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Abstract

Men and Masculinities, Ahead of Print.
This review essay reads Xiaodong Lin’s (2013) and Sarah Gosper’s (2025) studies of rural-origin men in urban China to explain why mobility often raises income without securing masculine recognition. Lin shows how migrant men pursue recognition through ...