Making Forgotten Voices Unforgotten: A Study on Young Feminist Activism in China at The Year 2012

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· 발행기관 : 현대중국학회
· 수록지 정보 : 현대중국연구 / 25권 / 2호 / 155 ~ 205페이지
· 저자명 : 손수경

초록

The year 2012 witnessed emergence of Chinese young feminist activists who began to address gender issues and raise voices for improvement of women’s rights and achievement of gender equality in Chinese society. It is the foundation of young feminist activism in current China, yet less attention has been paid to their activism at the year 2012, or it has been even forgotten. This study, in this sense, aims to trace back to the very beginning of young feminist activism in contemporary China, and find an answer to the following questions: who Chinese young feminist activists are and what sociocultural factors in China have given rise to emergence of young feminist activists at the year of 2012. It then introduces four significant campaigns of young feminist activism in 2012: “Occupy Men’s Toilet,” “Bloody Brides,” “I Can Be Slutty, But You Cannot Harass Me,” and “Bald Sisters,” and further explores three distinct characteristics of their activism: (1) body as weapon, (2) digital activism, and (3) coalition with LGBTQ Communities. Even though young feminist activists have met a wide range of challenges against their activism such as ideological repression, sociopolitical pressure, media censorship and control, and marginalized women’s voices, their fight for Chinese women is still ongoing, and it will never end.
This study enables us to imagine a positive possibility that Chinese young feminist activism in and since 2012 will bring about a huger wave of changes and revolutions for women in China.

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