Si-nais talking dirty
Hong Kong middle-class working mothers on- and offline
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18966992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annie Hau-Nung Chan (Lingnan University, Hong Kong), Annie Hau Nung Chan (0000-0002-1135-9903, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 61-77 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sexualities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1363460712466212 |
| OpenAlex | W2085459050 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 23 |
Based on participant observation and content analysis of a web-based community of Hong Kong middle-class working mothers, I discuss narratives of ‘ si-naihood’ (married motherhood), which have emerged from their online and offline interactions. This web-based space-time provided an unusual window into the multiplicities of motherhood articulation. The study found that although traditional motherhood narratives predominated, alternative narratives, which have emerged through ‘talking-dirty’, banter and teasing throw light on how sexual selves and si-naihood are articulated. While more or less routinely and consciously reproducing traditionally defined ‘ si-naihood’, their performance occasionally ‘let slip’ and revealed the arduous yet fragile nature of this identity. Issues emerging from my role as ‘accidental researcher’ as well as the socio-cultural trajectory of the identity of si-nai in 21st-century Hong Kong are also discussed
Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Media studies · Middle class · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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The Guilt Thing
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |