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- Title
A male idol becoming a girl? Nisu fans' sexual fantasy about male stars.
- Authors
Hu, Tingting; Zou, Chenchen; Wang, Erika Ningxin
- Abstract
The emergent movement of reverse Sue (Nisu) in China refers to the practice of (especially female) fans imagining themselves as having a strong male role to their idols' weak female role. In this process, female fans take on a powerful, active role to protect and look after their male idols in female form. Examining how Nisu fans interact with other types of fans and negotiate a mainstream gender discourse dominated by traditional heterosexual norms reveals how, as a burgeoning subcultural group, female Nisu fans express their subversive potential by seeking the power of an imaginary phallus to defy male hegemony. However, their internal divergence and self-contradiction might weaken this defiance.
- Subjects
CHINA; WOMEN'S roles; MALES; GENDER mainstreaming; PENIS; FANTASY (Psychology); SEXUAL fantasies
- Publication
Transformative Works & Cultures, 2023, Vol 41, p1
- ISSN
1941-2258
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3983/twc.2023.2369