Katherine H.Y. Chen

List of John Benjamins publications in which Katherine H.Y. Chen is involved.

Article

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