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English Language and Literature

Longwood University

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2019

Masculinity

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"You Da Man":Performing Masculinity In Disney's Mulan, Katie Kline Apr 2019

"You Da Man":Performing Masculinity In Disney's Mulan, Katie Kline

Spring Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

My project investigates how Mulan's performance of masculinity is rooted not only in appearance but in the embodiment of premodern Chinese virtues. Mulan's successful performance of masculinity challenges static gender binaries and the concept of gender being rooted in appearance.