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Chinese society continues to dramatically transform since the opening up policies of 1978 and the accelerating process of globalisation. This has had a significant impact on Chinese gendered subjectivities, as well as sport and leisure participation. This chapter examines interviews with a Chinese surfing enthusiasts who have grown up in a social environment where self-achievement and consumerism blend with ‘Chinese socialism’ and traditional cultural norms. There is a growing interest in self-fulfillment and personal happiness, and not the same emphasis as previous generations on the traditional collective identity. There has concurrently been a growth (albeit slow) in the participation in lifestyle sports (sometimes called action sports), such as surfing. This chapter interrogates some of the emergent gendered surfing subjectivities and the concomitant values about, attitudes toward, practices of, and strategies for participation (or lack thereof). The key research question is: How are Chinese surfers negotiating shifting gendered expectations and subsequently constructing their gendered surfing subjectivities?
Author(s): Evers C
Editor(s): Lisa Hunter
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Unpublished
Book Title: Surfing, Gender, Sex and Sexuality
Year: 2016
Publisher: TBC
