Szulc, L. (2020) Digital Gender Disidentifications: Beyond the Subversion Versus Hegemony Dichotomy and Toward Everyday Gender Practices. International Journal of Communication, 14. pp. 5436-5454. ISSN 1932-8036
Abstract
The 21st century has seen the emergence of new practices of gender diversity that eschew a rigid gender binary and proliferate new gender labels, including “nonbinary,” “genderfluid,” and “agender.” Digital media have played a crucial role in this process as the new labels often originate and become popular in online social networks. Academic discussions on digital gender diversity suggest that the new labels either resist or reproduce the dominant gender ideology. I contribute to these discussions by challenging the subversion versus hegemony dichotomy, and by demonstrating a wide spectrum of practices of gender diversity. Drawing on six interviews with gender-diverse migrants and building on the concept of disidentification, I update the concept to include increasingly digital societies and new gender practices, challenge the dichotomous thinking about digital gender diversity, and stress the importance of cultural and media contexts for understanding how new gender labels are being practiced in everyday life.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Lukasz Szulc. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Available at http://ijoc.org. |
Keywords: | disidentifications; gender diversity; gender identity; migrants; nonbinary; social media; queer |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number European Commission 699745-FACELOOK-MSCA-IF-EF-ST |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2020 15:21 |
Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2020 15:21 |
Published Version: | https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/15396... |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:167098 |