Tradition, modernity, and the visual representation of "leftover women" in the English language news media in China

This study examines the visual representations of "leftover women" (unmarried women who are 27 or above) in the English language news media in China by employing multimodal discourse analysis. The findings show that both conservative and gendered discourses are constructed by different vis...

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Published in:Feminist media studies 2023-10, Vol.23 (7), p.3122-3140
Main Authors: Yu, Yating, Coffie, Joseph Adika, Feng, Dezheng (William)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chinese English-language news media
Chinese single womanhood
Discourse analysis
Discourses
English language
Feminism
gendered discourses
Globalization
leftover women
Modernity
Modernization
multimodal critical discourse analysis
News media
Representations
Visual representation
Womanhood
Women
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Summary:This study examines the visual representations of "leftover women" (unmarried women who are 27 or above) in the English language news media in China by employing multimodal discourse analysis. The findings show that both conservative and gendered discourses are constructed by different visual resources in relation to "leftover women's" actions, reactions, outfits, symbolic processes, and settings. Our research provides new understandings of Chinese single womanhood, which reflect the State profamily and pronatalist agenda intertwined with the pressure from tradition on the one hand, and women's increasing awareness of individual choices, sexual freedom, and feminist values under the influence of globalisation and modernisation on the other.
ISSN:1468-0777
1471-5902
DOI:10.1080/14680777.2022.2099442