Who are Shunzhi? Subaltern politics and the making of ‘the other’ in Chinese queer activism
European Journal of Cultural Studies
Published online on April 26, 2026
Abstract
European Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print.
This article presents the results of a year-long ethnographic engagement with queer activism on Weibo. The findings reveal that a populist antagonism between a collective queer entity as ‘the people’vis-à-vis shunzhi(顺直, cisgender heterosexuals) as ‘the ...
This article presents the results of a year-long ethnographic engagement with queer activism on Weibo. The findings reveal that a populist antagonism between a collective queer entity as ‘the people’vis-à-vis shunzhi(顺直, cisgender heterosexuals) as ‘the ...