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SIGNATURE WORK
CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 2023

Unraveling ‘Sisterhood’ among Gay Men: An Ethnographic Study of a Queer Community’s Feminine Language Use in Suzhou

Name

Eyer Ding

Major

Cultures and Movements / Sociology

Class

2023

About

Zhiye Ding is a senior majoring in Cultures and Movements with the track of sociology at Duke Kunshan University.

Signature Work Project Overview

This research paper, in the field of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology, analyzes the “sisterhood” exemplified by the usage of gender-inverted (feminine) appellations among Chinese gay men in a local queer community in Suzhou.

Signature Work Presentation Video