中国同性恋移民的颓废与关系自由:“躺平”颠覆非规范性

IF 2.3 3区 社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES
Jinghan Gong, Tingting Liu
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摘要

本文从主流的个人主义自由观出发,强调个人的独立性和通过不受约束的决策实现自身利益的最大化,运用实践自由和关系自主的概念来探索中国从农村到城市的流动男同性恋的生活体验。借鉴我们在“城中村”的民族志田野调查(城中村) 在中国南方,我们研究了农村流动男同性恋者获得自由感的方式,这种自由感依赖于农村到城市的流动、非正规制造业工作和其他酷儿同龄人,从而表现出一定程度的关系自主权。我们的文章清楚地展示了这些人是如何被认定为无家可归的guabi的(挂逼, 当地俚语,指那些遭受悲惨而神秘命运的人),整天流浪,对稳定的工作或长期的一夫一妻制关系毫无兴趣。我们的研究提供了对农村工人阶级中喜欢“平躺”的年轻人的第一手人类学描述(躺平) – 他们拒绝争取社会向上流动,因为他们认为向上流动是不可能实现的,工厂工作太累。
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Decadence and relational freedom among China's gay migrants: Subverting heteronormativity by ‘lying flat’
Departing from the prevailing, individualist perspective of freedom, emphasizing individuals’ independence and the maximization of self-interest via unconstrained decision-making, this article applies the concepts of practised freedom and relational autonomy to explore the lived experience of Chinese rural-to-urban migrant gay men. Drawing on our ethnographic fieldwork in the ‘urban villages’ (城中村) of South China, we examine the ways in which rural migrant gay men achieve a sense of freedom, which is dependent on rural-to-urban migration, informal manufacturing jobs, and other queer peers, thus demonstrating a certain level of relational autonomy. Our article clearly shows how these men have come to identify as homeless guabi (挂逼, local slang for those who suffer a tragic and mysterious fate) and spend their days wandering, with no interest in stable work or long-term monogamous relationships. Our research offers a first-hand anthropological account of young adults from the rural working classes who prefer to ‘lie flat’ (躺平) – they refuse to strive for upward social mobility because they believe that upward social mobility is unattainable and a factory job too taxing.
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China Information
China Information AREA STUDIES-
CiteScore
3.50
自引率
4.80%
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38
期刊介绍: China Information presents timely and in-depth analyses of major developments in contemporary China and overseas Chinese communities in the areas of politics, economics, law, ecology, culture, and society, including literature and the arts. China Information pays special attention to views and areas that do not receive sufficient attention in the mainstream discourse on contemporary China. It encourages discussion and debate between different academic traditions, offers a platform to express controversial and dissenting opinions, and promotes research that is historically sensitive and contemporarily relevant.
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