Katherine H.Y. Chen

List of John Benjamins publications for which Katherine H.Y. Chen plays a role.

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Chen, Katherine H.Y. and M. Agnes Kang 2015 Demeanor indexicals, interpretive discourses and the “Kong Girl” stereotype: Constructing gender ideologies in social media Who’s really normal? Language and sexuality in public space, Hiramoto, Mie (ed.), pp. 193–222 | Article
Focusing on a Hong Kong online discussion involving ‘Jenny’, who was later described as the ‘Kong Girl’ prototype, we demonstrate a method to study gender stereotype as both semiotically and discursively constructed. We trace the perceivable signs in online posts as demeanor indexicals (Goffman… read more