TY - JOUR
T1 - The Normalization Project
T2 - The Progress and Limitations of Promoting LGBTQ Research and Teaching in Mainland China
AU - Wei, Wei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/2/23
Y1 - 2020/2/23
N2 - This article reflects on the author’s own experience of promoting LGBTQ research and teaching in mainland China, where the fight for institutional legitimacy and recognition has been a core element in this journey. After a historical survey of how Chinese LGBTQ research has grown out of the particular sociopolitical milieu, it focuses on a discussion of the “normalization project”—a key approach to both create and expand the institutional space for LGBTQ studies. Apart from the positive effects this project entails, this article also critically examines its limitations by bringing into the picture certain critical perspectives.
AB - This article reflects on the author’s own experience of promoting LGBTQ research and teaching in mainland China, where the fight for institutional legitimacy and recognition has been a core element in this journey. After a historical survey of how Chinese LGBTQ research has grown out of the particular sociopolitical milieu, it focuses on a discussion of the “normalization project”—a key approach to both create and expand the institutional space for LGBTQ studies. Apart from the positive effects this project entails, this article also critically examines its limitations by bringing into the picture certain critical perspectives.
KW - LGBTQ research and teaching
KW - The normalization project
KW - institutional environment
KW - mainland China
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85055516507
U2 - 10.1080/00918369.2018.1530883
DO - 10.1080/00918369.2018.1530883
M3 - 文章
C2 - 30335581
AN - SCOPUS:85055516507
SN - 0091-8369
VL - 67
SP - 335
EP - 345
JO - Journal of Homosexuality
JF - Journal of Homosexuality
IS - 3
ER -