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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 61-77 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Sexualities |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2013 |
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Keywords
- Female sexuality
- Hong Kong women
- internet community
- motherhood
- si-nai
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Si-nais talking dirty : Hong Kong middle class working mothers on- and offline. / CHAN, Annie, Hau-nung.
In: Sexualities, Vol. 16, No. 1-2, 01.01.2013, p. 61-77.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Si-nais talking dirty : Hong Kong middle class working mothers on- and offline
AU - CHAN, Annie, Hau-nung
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Female sexuality
KW - Hong Kong women
KW - internet community
KW - motherhood
KW - si-nai
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/808
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?scp=84875056921&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1363460712466212
DO - 10.1177/1363460712466212
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
VL - 16
SP - 61
EP - 77
JO - Sexualities
JF - Sexualities
SN - 1363-4607
IS - 1-2
ER -