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Peng, Yuzhu (Altman) and Talmacs, Nicole (2022) Jacinda Ardern and the limits of gender on the Chinese-language internet : a critical discourse analysis. Feminist Media Studies . doi:10.1080/14680777.2022.2090408 ISSN 1471-5902. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2022.2090408
Abstract
This article explores Chinese Internet users’ discussions about Jacinda Ardern’s maternity leave in the wake of her being elected as the Prime Minister of New Zealand, based on an analysis of postings retrieved from the most popular Chinese community question-answering (CQA) site—Zhihu. Drawing on critical discourse analysis (CDA), with the assistance of content analysis (CA), we reveal that Zhihu users’ assessments of Ardern’s electoral success are of a gendered divide in which women and men largely constitute the opposing opinion camps. In particular, male Internet users chiefly direct the discussion, attempting to rationalise the unsuitability of female politicians in Western-style democratic elections. In this process, they also legitimise the return of patriarchal orders to China, reflecting a domestic orientation of their engagement with international politics. The research findings shed light on the gender-politics nexus established in Chinese-language social media discourses.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Internet -- China, Internet -- Social aspects -- China, Social media -- China, Ardern, Jacinda,1980-, Women prime ministers -- New Zealand, Gender identity -- China, China -- Politics and government -- 21st century, Women -- China, Chinese language -- Discourse analysis | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Feminist Media Studies | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1471-5902 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2022 | ||||||||
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| DOI: | 10.1080/14680777.2022.2090408 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 June 2022 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 July 2022 | ||||||||
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