Feminist Activism in the Post-2010s Sinosphere

Bringing together scholars from a wide-range of discipline, this book explores the diversity and vibrancy of feminist activism in Xi-era China. Feminist Activism in the Post-2010s Sinosphere examines a range of urgent feminist issues in 21st century China, including the #metoo movement, online misogyny, feminism in popular media, and trans and ethnic minority experiences and rights. Chapters engage shifting dynamics between state feminism, NGO and grassroots feminism; between academia and intellectuals, between the arts and activism; the greater dependence on digital media platforms; as well as (re)formations of transnational and diasporic alliances. Rather than aiming to offer definitive conclusions, the contributors offer innovative and provocative perspectives to push the debates forwards, aided by their nuanced deployment of conceptual theorizations and rich empirical data. What are the specifics of Sinosphere and Chinese groundings of feminist activism today? How is violence perceived intersectionally, and what feminist engagements connect to the precarity in the context of pandemic and totalitarianism/war?>

Auteur
Elisabeth L. Engebretsen is Professor at the Centre for Gender Studies, University of Stavanger, Norway. Engebretsen is the author of Queer women in urban China: An ethnography (2014) and co-editor of Queer/Tongzhi China: New perspectives on research, activism and media cultures (2015). Jinyan Zeng is a Substitute Lecturer (former Postdoctoral Fellow) at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden. She is the author of Feminism and Genesis of the Citizen Intelligentsia in China (2016).

Résumé
Bringing together scholars and scholar-activists from a wide range of disciplines, this groundbreaking book delves into the diversity and vibrancy of feminist activism in Xi-era China. Feminist Activism in the Post-2010s Sinosphere examines a variety of urgent feminist issues in 21st-century China, including the #MeToo movement, online misogyny, feminism in popular media, and the experiences and rights of queer, trans and ethnic minority groups. The chapters explore shifting dynamics between state feminism, NGO and grassroots movements, the intersection of academia and intellectual discourse, the interplay of art and activism, the increasing reliance on digital media platforms, and the evolving (re)formations of transnational and diasporic alliances, alongside their creative strategic practices. Drawing on timely research and situated knowledges, the contributors offer innovative and provocative perspectives, supported by nuanced conceptual frameworks and rich empirical data. What are the specific characteristics of feminist activism grounded in the Sinosphere and Chinese contexts today? How is violence analyzed through an intersectional lens, and how do feminist engagements respond to precarity in the context of a pandemic and authoritarian governance? This anthology is an insightful and stimulating read for anyone interested in intersectional feminist mobilizations, contemporary Sinophone and Chinese society and politics, and LGBTQ+ studies.

Contenu
Elisabeth L. Engebretsen and Jinyan Zeng: Introduction: Feminist Activism in the Post-2010s Sinosphere Section I: MAPPING POST-2010S FEMINIST SPHERES AND DIGITAL ARENAS 1. Ling Han and Yue Liu: Shifting Dynamics of Cyber-Misogyny and Cyber-Nationalism: Examining Chinese Feminism in the Digital Arena 2. Jinxian (Lily) Wu: Imagined Feminism: Popular Feminism in Chinese TV Presentation and Media Culture 3. Xintong Jia: Intimate Activism and Chinese Postfeminist Sensibility: Female Viewers' Responses to Reality Dating Shows 4. Jinyan Zeng and Anonymous: The Literary Making of a Feminist Uyghur: Identity and Ethics in Banu's Redemption 5. Ruohan Xie and Li Li: Lifting the Veil of Feminist Podcasts in 2020s China Section II: TOWARDS QUEER AND TRANS-FEMINIST SINOPHERES 6. Haiyan Huang: Text-Reading as a Counterpublic Space for Chinese Queer-Feminist Activism 7. Hongwei Bao: Becoming a Trans Celebrity in Contemporary China: Visibility, Embodiment and Post-Mao Gender Politics 8. Meimei Han: The Shifting Dynamics of Queer Activism and State Power: Critical Reflections on the National LGBTQ+ Leaders Forum, 2012-2022 Section III: PRECARIOUS BORDERS AND FEMINIST HORIZONS 9. Mengmeng Liu: 'Promiscuous, Greedy and Flawed': Unpacking Rape Culture in the Chinese #MeToo Movement 10. Jingxue Zhang: The (Im)Possibility of Transnational Coalition in the Xi Era: Resilience, Strategy and Survival Index