Seeking Love and Justice Amid Hong Kong’s Contentious Politics
Hong Kong women activists’ understanding of love and justice has shaped, and been shaped, by their political engagement under changing circumstances through two phases of mass protest: in 2014 and 2019. This article is focused on the sentiments of love and justice and how they evolved over time, fro...
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| author | Sui Ting Kong Stevi Jackson Petula Sik Ying Ho |
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| description | Hong Kong women activists’ understanding of love and justice has shaped, and been shaped, by their political engagement under changing circumstances through two phases of mass protest: in 2014 and 2019. This article is focused on the sentiments of love and justice and how they evolved over time, from the peaceful protest of the Umbrella Movement in 2014 to the violent confrontations of 2019 in the context of the rise of ethno-nationalism. This shift reflects a changed understanding of justice – revenge against China – and a specific version of passionate love for Hong Kong and protective love for their comrades. Women activists’ experiences offer insights into how a social movement has engaged women’s emotional energies in particular gendered ways, while persistently marginalising gender issues. In the aftermath of the movement, when protest was effectively banned by both COVID-19 restrictions and the 2020 National Security Law, these women’s emotions have found a new object of their fierce love for Hong Kong: the boy band Mirror, which has come to symbolise Hongkonger pride, belonging and resistance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c16a5d2c20c4998a1e746d1623f84cc2023-12-26T20:52:51ZengLectito JournalsFeminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics2468-44142023-09-01721910.20897/femenc/13547Seeking Love and Justice Amid Hong Kong’s Contentious PoliticsSui Ting Kong0Stevi Jackson1Petula Sik Ying Ho2University of Durham, UNITED KINGDOMUniversity of York, UNITED KINGDOMUniversity of Hong Kong, HONG KONGHong Kong women activists’ understanding of love and justice has shaped, and been shaped, by their political engagement under changing circumstances through two phases of mass protest: in 2014 and 2019. This article is focused on the sentiments of love and justice and how they evolved over time, from the peaceful protest of the Umbrella Movement in 2014 to the violent confrontations of 2019 in the context of the rise of ethno-nationalism. This shift reflects a changed understanding of justice – revenge against China – and a specific version of passionate love for Hong Kong and protective love for their comrades. Women activists’ experiences offer insights into how a social movement has engaged women’s emotional energies in particular gendered ways, while persistently marginalising gender issues. In the aftermath of the movement, when protest was effectively banned by both COVID-19 restrictions and the 2020 National Security Law, these women’s emotions have found a new object of their fierce love for Hong Kong: the boy band Mirror, which has come to symbolise Hongkonger pride, belonging and resistance.https://www.lectitopublishing.nl/download/seeking-love-and-justice-amid-hong-kongs-contentious-politics-13547.pdfHong Kong protestsgender and social movementspopular culture as protest |
| spellingShingle | Sui Ting Kong Stevi Jackson Petula Sik Ying Ho Seeking Love and Justice Amid Hong Kong’s Contentious Politics Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics Hong Kong protests gender and social movements popular culture as protest |
| title | Seeking Love and Justice Amid Hong Kong’s Contentious Politics |
| title_full | Seeking Love and Justice Amid Hong Kong’s Contentious Politics |
| title_fullStr | Seeking Love and Justice Amid Hong Kong’s Contentious Politics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seeking Love and Justice Amid Hong Kong’s Contentious Politics |
| title_short | Seeking Love and Justice Amid Hong Kong’s Contentious Politics |
| title_sort | seeking love and justice amid hong kong s contentious politics |
| topic | Hong Kong protests gender and social movements popular culture as protest |
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