| บทคัดย่อ(English) |
The objectives of the research are to study social discourses on homosexuality in contemporary China basedon space-time specific encounters; to explain discourses and personal agency interactions and the creationof sexual subjectivities and sexual partnerships; to explore sexual subjectivities and sexual partnershipsand the influence of safe or unsafe sexual practices. The study utilizes a qualitative research approach,and the research methods include secondary resources, narratives and semi-structured interviews, ethnographicobservations and informal interviews. Data is interpreted by discourse analysis. The study concludes that: In different space-time specific encounters, different kinds of discourses exercisepower differently. In the family, workplace, or other social situations, authoritative discourses exercise morepower than individualized discourses. In homosexual venues, homosexual group discourses and individualizeddiscourses exercise more power. In personal sexual encounters, individualized discourses exercise more power.Homosexual Chinese men can utilize their agency to use competing discourses to negotiate and renegotiate withauthoritative discourses to create their sexual subjectivities and their homosexual world. In the sphere of sexualpractices, individualized discourses, such as sexual pleasure, sexual desire, or individualized consciousnessand knowledge, exercise a great deal of power, while authoritative discourses, such as the HIV / AIDS preventiondiscourse, are very weak. The use and non-use of condoms, or not, is a result of individualized evaluationsof sexual desire, disease risk, and the side effects of condom usage. |
