Abstract
This article illuminates the mutually constitutive nature of activism and family life in the context of a high-risk protest movement, by focusing on the 2019 Anti-Extradition Bill Movement in Hong Kong. Drawing on data collected through in-depth interviews with individuals who participated in the 2019 Movement, this article captures how politics penetrated individuals’ private lives through everyday family practices, and depicts the ways in which the protest movement undermined or fostered family cohesion. The findings illustrate the heterogeneity of family political interactions during political upheaval: while families were often sites of conflict and repression, which amplified political dissonance and reinforced hegemonic power relations within the domestic sphere, they could also become spaces of activism where individuals exchange political ideas and muster resources for collective actions. This study bridges the literature of family and social movement, by demonstrating how family lives and political participation are interwoven, and simultaneously structure protest participants’ biographical and social movement trajectories.
Original language | English |
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Journal | The Sociological Review |
Early online date | 17 May 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 17 May 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The project was supported by the Faculty Research Grant sponsored by the author’s affiliated institution and the RGC Postdoctoral fellowship award (LU PDFS2021-3H01) from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
Keywords
- Anti-Extradition Bill Movement
- Hong Kong
- family
- political polarisation
- social movement