Rhetoric Society Quarterly Oct 2016

Affective Economies and Alienizing Discourse: Citizenship and Maternity Tourism in Hong Kong

Shui-yin Sharon Yam University of Wisconsin–Madison

Abstract

Examining the rhetorical responses of Hongkongers toward the influx of mainland Chinese maternal tourists, this article investigates citizenship claims made by a citizenry that is locally and culturally powerful but is transnationally and sociopolitically marginalized. By analyzing how alienizing discourse circulates and gains political valence through social media and popular cultural discourse, this article demonstrates that citizenship—particularly at a moment of national crisis—is intimately tied to and regulated by collective affects that could foreclose alternative and more inclusive articulations of membership.

Journal
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Published
2016-10-19
DOI
10.1080/02773945.2016.1159721
Open Access
Closed
Topics
affect and writing

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