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Speaking against Silence: Finding a Voice in Hong Kong Chinese Families through the Umbrella Movement

Ho, P.S.Y.; Jackson, S.; Kong, S.T.

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Authors

P.S.Y. Ho

S. Jackson



Abstract

Social movement researchers have investigated how personal relationships and emotional attachments are implicated in activism, but less attention has been given to the ways in which activism affects personal lives. This article addresses this issue, drawing on interviews and focus groups with Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement’s active participants, bystanders and opponents to explore its consequences for family life. While those who were not involved in the movement articulated an acceptance of hierarchical family structures and their imposed silences, movement activists saw their experience of the occupation as enabling them to find a voice within their families. The Umbrella Movement, we suggest, has opened up a space for the reflexive exploration of personal life and raised the possibility of modifying Hong Kong family practices.

Citation

Ho, P., Jackson, S., & Kong, S. (2018). Speaking against Silence: Finding a Voice in Hong Kong Chinese Families through the Umbrella Movement. Sociology, 52(5), 966-982. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038517726644

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 3, 2017
Online Publication Date Sep 4, 2017
Publication Date Oct 1, 2018
Deposit Date Jul 4, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Sociology
Print ISSN 0038-0385
Electronic ISSN 1469-8684
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 52
Issue 5
Pages 966-982
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038517726644

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Ho, P.S.Y., Jackson, S. & Kong, S.T. (2018). Speaking against Silence: Finding a Voice in Hong Kong Chinese Families through the Umbrella Movement. Sociology 52(5): 966-982. © 2017 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.




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