A male idol becoming a girl? Nisu fans' sexual fantasy about male stars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21836730 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tingting Hu (0000-0003-4023-2167), Chenchen Zou (London School of Economics and Political Science), Erika Ningxin Wang (0000-0003-0009-7896, King's College London) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transformative Works and Cultures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1941-2258 • E-ISSN: 1941-2258 |
| Publisher | Transformative Works and Cultures (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3983/twc.2023.2369 |
| OpenAlex | W4389727663 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The emergent movement of reverse Sue (Nisu) in China refers to the practice of (especially female) fans imagining themselves as having a strong male role to their idols' weak female role. In this process, female fans take on a powerful, active role to protect and look after their male idols in female form. Examining how Nisu fans interact with other types of fans and negotiate a mainstream gender discourse dominated by traditional heterosexual norms reveals how, as a burgeoning subcultural group, female Nisu fans express their subversive potential by seeking the power of an imaginary phallus to defy male hegemony. However, their internal divergence and self-contradiction might weaken this defiance
Art · Fantasy · Hegemony · Literature · Mainstream · Negotiation · Political science · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |