Paper Title :Negotiating with the Heteronormative Marriage Institution in Mainland China: How Homosexuals Employ Discourse in Negotiation
Author :Ning Xuan
Article Citation :Ning Xuan ,
(2017 ) " Negotiating with the Heteronormative Marriage Institution in Mainland China: How Homosexuals Employ Discourse in Negotiation " ,
International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) ,
pp. 16-22,
Volume-3,Issue-12
Abstract : Living in a heteronormative society, homosexuals in China face many challenges. Among the challenges, marriage
poses itself a top concern for the majority of homosexuals, in that the sociocultural factors cultivate it into an almost mandatory
obligation. This paper reports a qualitative study of male and female homosexuals’ negotiation with their parents in
contemporary Mainland China. The study explores how discourse functions as a strategy by gays and lesbians when
negotiating heteronormative marriage with their parents. In the current study, 10 homosexuals in Mainland China participated
in interviews, including five gays and five lesbians. Integrating both negotiation and discourse theory, this study was based on
analysis of discourse. Major activities these homosexuals adopted included assertion of a homosexual life, construction of a
flexible, and struggling with the process by being stuck in the current situation. Two major discourses these homosexuals
employed as strategies to negotiate with their parents were a discourse of normality of homosexuality and a discourse of
rewriting filial piety.
Keywords- Homosexuality, Marriage, Negotiation, Critical Discourse Analysis
Type : Research paper
Published : Volume-3,Issue-12
DOIONLINE NO - IJMAS-IRAJ-DOIONLINE-10447
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