Peng, A. Y. and Sun, Y. (2022) A dialectical-relational approach to anti-trans sentiments on Hupu. Discourse, Context and Media, 50, 100654. (doi: 10.1016/j.dcm.2022.100654)
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Abstract
As the first edition of the Olympics including transgender sportswomen, Tokyo 2020 brought trans-rights debates to the forefront of global sports spectatorship during the summer of 2021. In this article, we adopt a dialectical-relational approach to address how anti-trans sentiments unfold in male Chinese sports fans’ social-mediated communication. Based on textual analysis of posts retrieved from Hupu, the research reveals that anti-trans sentiments are largely informed by an essentialist notion of sex, which considers it to be a purely biological construct that is paramount in policymaking, being perpetuated in the process of China’s modernisation. Anti-trans discourses manifest in the sampled postings tend to converge with China’s official nationalist rhetoric, projecting critical voices against liberal-progressive values and Western-style democracy. The research findings shed new light on the dialectical relations between nationalist politics and anti-trans sentiments and, by extension, queerphobic views in China’s sports fandom, pointing towards the heteronormative monopoly of public discourses in sport and beyond.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | The research was supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project when second author was employed at Zhejiang University [grant number 22NDJC045YB]. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Sun, Dr Yu |
| Authors: | Peng, A. Y., and Sun, Y. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Discourse, Context and Media |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 2211-6958 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2211-6966 |
| Published Online: | 12 November 2022 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Discourse, Context and Media 50: 100654 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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