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Destabilizing Home Country’s Gender and Sexual Norms: Depiction of Gender and Sexual Transgression in Selected Stories Written by the Indonesian Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong (92791)
Session Chair: Yimin Zhang
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Friday, 16 May 2025 10:50
Session: Session 1
Room: Live-Stream Room 1
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
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This article explores gender and sexual transgressions demonstrated by the protagonists in selected short stories written by the Indonesian domestic helpers (IDHs) in Hong Kong. These transgressions, I argue, are the manifestation on how migration changes people. Living in the host country allows migrants to experience various encounters which might affect their old values and perspectives, in this case, values and perspectives on gender and sexuality. As migrants living in the host country, IDHs are granted anonymity and financial security enabled by the process of migration. The anonymity and financial security provide them spaces and opportunities to experiment with their gender and sexuality. The result shows that the protagonists in the selected short stories established new perceptions and behaviors which indicate their destabilizing gender and sexual of the home country by engaging in a same-sex relationship, sexual promiscuity and patronizing discotheque in the host country.
Authors:
Tri Murniati, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Indonesia
Eni Nur Aeni, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Indonesia
About the Presenter(s)
Tri Murniati is currently a lecturer at the English Department, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia.
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