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- Chan, Lih Shing, et al.
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Sexualized Female Bodies : Gender Implications on the Characterization of Lengmo in Hong Kong Print Media
- 2012
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Ingår i: Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences. - 1021-3619. ; 42:Spring/Summer, s. 83-96
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years, lengmo has emerged as a popular and controversial subject in Hong Kong society. Literally meaning naïve young model, lengmo is a relatively new occupation that allows young women who lack the figure of professional models to enter the entertainment industry. These young women, mostly in sexy appearance, become a social phenomenon propelled by local print media. This paper analyzes how Hong Kong print media characterize lengmo by endorsing them as sexualized subjects. These characterizations imply the discourse of sexualizing female bodies. Although seemingly pushing the expression of female sexuality into social spaces, they do not liberate women in pursuit of sexual autonomy. Such implication entails the patriarchal ideology in which the operation of local print media is grounded.
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- Liong, Chan Ching Mario, et al.
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Walking a Tightrope : Performing Chinese Young Masculinities in Hong Kong
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Young men growing up in Hong Kong are caught in the socio-cultural dynamics that problematise their sense of masculinity. The constitution of Chinese masculinity tends to harness the Confucian discourse of self-control, which values containment and even suppression of sexual desire. While such notion of masculinity is also located within heterosexual identification, Chinese men are expected to compartmentalise relational contexts in dealt with their sexual expression. Nonetheless, the objectification of sexuality driven by consumerist urban culture and the commercial media has rapidly pushed the boundary of sexual expression; more than before, Chinese young men are compelled to respond to sexual identification regardless of social settings. By using the data collected from male college students, this paper argues that young men adopt different strategies in performing masculinity while evading certain gendered labels. This paper also proposes that these strategies are to be understood in Bourdieu's theoretical framework.
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