Eileen Gu fetish” as a feminist phenomenon
The intertwining of feminist, neoliberal, and nationalist discourses on Chinese social media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12689239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Qianqian Li (0000-0002-5462-3460, Comparative Literature, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 869-882 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Media Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-0777 • E-ISSN: 1471-5902 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14680777.2023.2229049 |
| OpenAlex | W4382241038 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 15 |
During the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Eileen Gu attracted considerable attention and sparked numerous discussions on Chinese social media. Using the method of textual analysis, this paper examines the various responses of Chinese women, particularly Chinese feminists, to Eileen’s achievements on Chinese social media, framing these responses within recent studies of neoliberalism’s undoing of feminism as well as long-standing debates about the relationship between feminism and nationalism. This paper argues that discussions about Eileen on Chinese social media not only illustrate how neoliberalism is absorbed, reworked, and resisted in its transnational circulation but also demonstrate how nationalist narratives can be strategically used by Chinese feminists to validate their feminist positions. It further enriches existing scholarship on neoliberalism with a transnational perspective, reaffirms the importance of contextualizing the relationship between Third World feminism and nationalism, and highlights the significance of uncovering indigenous feminist resources in Third World countries
Feminism · Framing (construction · Media studies · Nationalism · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Law
Safe spaces for feminist activists online
Revisiting feminism–nationalism dynamics in China
Desiring a puppy-like lover”
Building a feminist world through memes
When digital feminisms collide with nationalism
Being Chinese or becoming Chinese? Discursive imaginations of Eileen Gu across media platforms
Hybrid Identity in Motion
Constructing Eileen (Ailing) Gu’s Chineseness
Comparing nüquanzhuyi and nüxingzhuyi
Throwing the baby out with the bathwater
Radical boycotts and moderate buycotts
Popular feminism in China
Romance as a medium-Lin Huiyin’s relationships in transmedia intertextual discourse
Normal confident guys
To fight, to confront, and to resist
Chinese Digital Feminism Growing in a New Digital Soil
The Fetishized Identity Economy
Zheng Qinwen is the pure-blood ideal of Gu Eileen
Global (post)feminist icon? Celebrity feminism, diplomacy, and Eileen Gu's star persona in China and the US
Intersectionality
Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures
Transnational Feminist Crossings
Redoing feminism
Intersectional digital feminism
Postfeminist media culture
The Possibility of Nationalist Feminism
Post‐feminism and popular culture
Bananas, beaches and bases
Empowered
Family Feuds
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 9,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |