When sissy boys become mainstream: Narrating Asian feminized masculinities in the global age

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dc.contributor.authorShiau, Hong-Chi
dc.contributor.buuauthorChen, Chi-Chien
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-22T11:33:05Z
dc.date.available2020-01-22T11:33:05Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractSince the 1990s, the appropriation of unconventional dressing codes to perform a new masculinity has gradually been normalized as a mainstream practice in East Asian societies. This paper addresses contradictory currents concerning gender representations operating in East Asia, a fast-growing, rapidly changing region. The personal narratives of nine Taiwanese men, who use unconventional dressing codes to present desirable selves, are analyzed. The men were asked to reflect upon life moments when their dress codes were either pleasurably achieved or bitterly confronted by significant others and higher authorities. The study emphasizes that researchers should place a greater emphasis on how individuals’ lived experiences respond to the postmodern, highly intertextual media environment, rather than on content or textual analysis of media representations of the popular culture scene. Our research participants’ narratives illuminate a site where hegemonic and alternative masculinities contest one another in search of an ever-changing self. Through an examination of the life narratives of these nine men, our study elicits meta-narratives to illustrate how some local and global actors become established in the East Asian post-capitalist identity politics.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShiau, H.C. ve Chen, C. (2009). "When sissy boys become mainstream: Narrating Asian feminized masculinities in the global age". International Journal of Social Inquiry, 2(2), 55-74.tr_TR
dc.identifier.endpage74tr_TR
dc.identifier.issn1307-8364
dc.identifier.issn1307-9999
dc.identifier.issue2tr_TR
dc.identifier.startpage55tr_TR
dc.identifier.urihttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/164136
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11452/6673
dc.identifier.volume2tr_TR
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUludağ Üniversitesitr_TR
dc.relation.journalUludağ Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi / International Journal of Social Inquirytr_TR
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergitr_TR
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectNarrativeen_US
dc.subjectMasculinityen_US
dc.subjectIdentity politicsen_US
dc.subjectMen’s fashionen_US
dc.subjectDressing codesen_US
dc.titleWhen sissy boys become mainstream: Narrating Asian feminized masculinities in the global ageen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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