Understanding the Russian invasion of Ukraine through a gendered prism

Altman Yuzhu Peng; Thomas William Whyke; Shixin Ivy Zhang

doi:10.1080/14680777.2022.2137831

Understanding the Russian invasion of Ukraine through a gendered prism

Altman Yuzhu Peng, Thomas William Whyke, Shixin Ivy Zhang

School of International Communications

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Abstract

This essay offers a timely analysis of how the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian warfare is observed in China through a gendered prism. Accounting for an anti-West axis in China’s current political climate, we articulate how misogyny and nationalism converge in Chinese social media users’ discussions about the military crisis currently unfolding in East Europe. This is revealed by a vulgar interpretation of the Russo-Ukrainian relationship and the sexualisation of Ukrainian/Russian women, which are both widespread in the Chinese-language social media sphere. With the patriarchal specificities of the Party-State polity in mind, the discussion yields a feminist perspective to foreground China’s nationalist politics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3809-3814
Number of pages	6
Journal	Feminist Media Studies
Volume	23
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2022.2137831
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
China
masculinity
misogyny
nationalism

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Gender Studies
Communication
Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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